diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowToken.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowToken.java
index aeff99d4bed77..df931956833ba 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowToken.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowToken.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class AppWindowToken extends WindowToken implements WindowManagerService.AppFree
     /**
      * Value to increment the z-layer when boosting a layer during animations. BOOST in l33tsp34k.
      */
-    private static final int Z_BOOST_BASE = 800570000;
+    @VisibleForTesting static final int Z_BOOST_BASE = 800570000;
 
     // Non-null only for application tokens.
     final IApplicationToken appToken;
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class AppWindowToken extends WindowToken implements WindowManagerService.AppFree
     private boolean mFreezingScreen;
 
     /** Whether this token should be boosted at the top of all app window tokens. */
-    private boolean mNeedsZBoost;
+    @VisibleForTesting boolean mNeedsZBoost;
     private Letterbox mLetterbox;
 
     private final Point mTmpPoint = new Point();
@@ -2693,7 +2693,9 @@ class AppWindowToken extends WindowToken implements WindowManagerService.AppFree
         if (mNeedsZBoost) {
             layer += Z_BOOST_BASE;
         }
-        leash.setLayer(layer);
+        if (!mNeedsAnimationBoundsLayer) {
+            leash.setLayer(layer);
+        }
 
         final DisplayContent dc = getDisplayContent();
         dc.assignStackOrdering();
@@ -2730,6 +2732,7 @@ class AppWindowToken extends WindowToken implements WindowManagerService.AppFree
 
             // Crop to stack bounds.
             t.setWindowCrop(mAnimationBoundsLayer, mTmpRect);
+            t.setLayer(mAnimationBoundsLayer, layer);
 
             // Reparent leash to animation bounds layer.
             t.reparent(leash, mAnimationBoundsLayer);
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowTokenAnimationTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowTokenAnimationTests.java
index db04f1159150b..623559e412565 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowTokenAnimationTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowTokenAnimationTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.intThat;
 
 import android.platform.test.annotations.Presubmit;
 import android.view.SurfaceControl;
@@ -74,6 +75,16 @@ public class AppWindowTokenAnimationTests extends WindowTestsBase {
                 eq(mToken.mAnimationBoundsLayer));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void clipAfterAnim_boundsLayerZBoosted() {
+        mToken.mNeedsAnimationBoundsLayer = true;
+        mToken.mNeedsZBoost = true;
+
+        mToken.mSurfaceAnimator.startAnimation(mTransaction, mSpec, true /* hidden */);
+        verify(mTransaction).setLayer(eq(mToken.mAnimationBoundsLayer),
+                intThat(layer -> layer >= AppWindowToken.Z_BOOST_BASE));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void clipAfterAnim_boundsLayerIsDestroyed() {
         mToken.mNeedsAnimationBoundsLayer = true;