diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimator.kt b/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimator.kt
index b8d78fb208f41..5aa7769d5ace3 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimator.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimator.kt
@@ -304,10 +304,16 @@ constructor(
     ) {
         val view =
             openedDialogs.firstOrNull { it.dialog == animateFrom }?.dialogContentWithBackground
-                ?: throw IllegalStateException(
-                    "The animateFrom dialog was not animated using " +
-                        "DialogLaunchAnimator.showFrom(View|Dialog)"
-                )
+        if (view == null) {
+            Log.w(
+                TAG,
+                "Showing dialog $dialog normally as the dialog it is shown from was not shown " +
+                    "using DialogLaunchAnimator"
+            )
+            dialog.show()
+            return
+        }
+
         showFromView(
             dialog,
             view,
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimatorTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimatorTest.kt
index 1e62fd2332c30..316de59692f9f 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimatorTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimatorTest.kt
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ class DialogLaunchAnimatorTest : SysuiTestCase() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun showFromDialogDoesNotCrashWhenShownFromRandomDialog() {
+        val dialog = createDialogAndShowFromDialog(animateFrom = TestDialog(context))
+        dialog.dismiss()
+    }
+
     private fun createAndShowDialog(
         animator: DialogLaunchAnimator = dialogLaunchAnimator,
     ): TestDialog {