diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
index 23eab98a671ad..fde2358708cd0 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
@@ -1573,12 +1573,12 @@ class DisplayContent extends RootDisplayArea implements WindowManagerPolicy.Disp
         }
         final int rotation = rotationForActivityInDifferentOrientation(r);
         if (rotation == ROTATION_UNDEFINED) {
-            // The display rotation won't be changed by current top activity. If there was fixed
-            // rotation activity, its rotated state should be cleared to cancel the adjustments.
-            if (hasTopFixedRotationLaunchingApp()
-                    // Avoid breaking recents animation.
-                    && !mFixedRotationLaunchingApp.getTask().isAnimatingByRecents()) {
-                clearFixedRotationLaunchingApp();
+            // The display rotation won't be changed by current top activity. The client side
+            // adjustments of previous rotated activity should be cleared earlier. Otherwise if
+            // the current top is in the same process, it may get the rotated state. The transform
+            // will be cleared later with transition callback to ensure smooth animation.
+            if (hasTopFixedRotationLaunchingApp()) {
+                mFixedRotationLaunchingApp.notifyFixedRotationTransform(false /* enabled */);
             }
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowToken.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowToken.java
index 1c3fe029a56bd..e87ee918e0f09 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowToken.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowToken.java
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ class WindowToken extends WindowContainer<WindowState> {
     }
 
     /** Notifies application side to enable or disable the rotation adjustment of display info. */
-    private void notifyFixedRotationTransform(boolean enabled) {
+    void notifyFixedRotationTransform(boolean enabled) {
         FixedRotationAdjustments adjustments = null;
         // A token may contain windows of the same processes or different processes. The list is
         // used to avoid sending the same adjustments to a process multiple times.
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
index b4fd3024a6348..ad54ffcd22854 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ public class DisplayContentTests extends WindowTestsBase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testClearIntermediateFixedRotation() throws RemoteException {
+    public void testClearIntermediateFixedRotationAdjustments() throws RemoteException {
         final ActivityRecord activity = new ActivityBuilder(mAtm).setCreateTask(true).build();
         mDisplayContent.setFixedRotationLaunchingApp(activity,
                 (mDisplayContent.getRotation() + 1) % 4);
@@ -1508,7 +1508,8 @@ public class DisplayContentTests extends WindowTestsBase {
                 ArgumentCaptor.forClass(FixedRotationAdjustmentsItem.class);
         verify(mAtm.getLifecycleManager(), atLeastOnce()).scheduleTransaction(
                 eq(activity.app.getThread()), adjustmentsCaptor.capture());
-        assertFalse(activity.hasFixedRotationTransform());
+        // The transformation is kept for animation in real case.
+        assertTrue(activity.hasFixedRotationTransform());
         final FixedRotationAdjustmentsItem clearAdjustments = FixedRotationAdjustmentsItem.obtain(
                 activity.token, null /* fixedRotationAdjustments */);
         // The captor may match other items. The first one must be the item to clear adjustments.