diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
index cdc82eadcd902..31ca16c30bee9 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
@@ -809,6 +809,9 @@ public class Transitions implements RemoteCallable<Transitions>,
             track.mReadyTransitions.remove(0);
             track.mActiveTransition = ready;
             if (ready.mAborted) {
+                if (ready.mStartT != null) {
+                    ready.mStartT.apply();
+                }
                 // finish now since there's nothing to animate. Calls back into processReadyQueue
                 onFinish(ready, null, null);
                 return;
@@ -936,10 +939,6 @@ public class Transitions implements RemoteCallable<Transitions>,
     /** Aborts a transition. This will still queue it up to maintain order. */
     private void onAbort(ActiveTransition transition) {
         final Track track = mTracks.get(transition.getTrack());
-        // apply immediately since they may be "parallel" operations: We currently we use abort for
-        // thing which are independent to other transitions (like starting-window transfer).
-        transition.mStartT.apply();
-        transition.mFinishT.apply();
         transition.mAborted = true;
 
         mTracer.logAborted(transition.mInfo.getDebugId());