diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
index 8f59eef495167..eec2e41eb5db5 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
                 return;
             }
             mLastLaunchedActivity = r;
-            if (!r.noDisplay) {
+            if (!r.noDisplay && !r.mDrawn) {
                 if (DEBUG_METRICS) Slog.i(TAG, "Add pending draw " + r);
                 mPendingDrawActivities.add(r);
             }
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
                     + " processSwitch=" + processSwitch + " info=" + info);
         }
 
-        if (launchedActivity.mDrawn) {
+        if (launchedActivity.mDrawn && launchedActivity.isVisible()) {
             // Launched activity is already visible. We cannot measure windows drawn delay.
             abort(info, "launched activity already visible");
             return;
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
index 5b516a9de350d..53a6d3ff599fc 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
@@ -311,6 +311,22 @@ public class ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests extends ActivityTestsBase {
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(mLaunchObserver);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testActivityDrawnBeforeTransition() {
+        mTopActivity.setVisible(false);
+        notifyActivityLaunching(mTopActivity.intent);
+        // Assume the activity is launched the second time consecutively. The drawn event is from
+        // the first time (omitted in test) launch that is earlier than transition.
+        mTopActivity.mDrawn = true;
+        notifyWindowsDrawn(mTopActivity);
+        notifyActivityLaunched(START_SUCCESS, mTopActivity);
+        // If the launching activity was drawn when starting transition, the launch event should
+        // be reported successfully.
+        notifyTransitionStarting(mTopActivity);
+
+        verifyOnActivityLaunchFinished(mTopActivity);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testActivityRecordProtoIsNotTooBig() {
         // The ActivityRecordProto must not be too big, otherwise converting it at runtime