diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
index f461d944d2c29..50b90d479efc2 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
      */
     private ValueAnimator mQsClippingAnimation = null;
     private final Rect mKeyguardStatusAreaClipBounds = new Rect();
+    private final Region mQsInterceptRegion = new Region();
 
     /**
      * The alpha of the views which only show on the keyguard but not in shade / shade locked
@@ -2643,10 +2644,16 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
             return false;
         }
         View header = mKeyguardShowing || mQs == null ? mKeyguardStatusBar : mQs.getHeader();
-        final boolean
-                onHeader =
-                x >= mQsFrame.getX() && x <= mQsFrame.getX() + mQsFrame.getWidth()
-                        && y >= header.getTop() && y <= header.getBottom();
+
+        mQsInterceptRegion.set(
+                /* left= */ (int) mQsFrame.getX(),
+                /* top= */ header.getTop(),
+                /* right= */ (int) mQsFrame.getX() + mQsFrame.getWidth(),
+                /* bottom= */ header.getBottom());
+        // Also allow QS to intercept if the touch is near the notch.
+        mStatusBarTouchableRegionManager.updateRegionForNotch(mQsInterceptRegion);
+        final boolean onHeader = mQsInterceptRegion.contains((int) x, (int) y);
+
         if (mQsExpanded) {
             return onHeader || (yDiff < 0 && isInQsArea(x, y));
         } else {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBarTouchableRegionManager.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBarTouchableRegionManager.java
index b859250a24423..d3d90639546a4 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBarTouchableRegionManager.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBarTouchableRegionManager.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public final class StatusBarTouchableRegionManager implements Dumpable {
         }
     }
 
-    private void updateRegionForNotch(Region touchableRegion) {
+    void updateRegionForNotch(Region touchableRegion) {
         WindowInsets windowInsets = mNotificationShadeWindowView.getRootWindowInsets();
         if (windowInsets == null) {
             Log.w(TAG, "StatusBarWindowView is not attached.");