diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/classifier/FalsingCollectorImpl.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/classifier/FalsingCollectorImpl.java
index 0f202b085851a..969736910b5e8 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/classifier/FalsingCollectorImpl.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/classifier/FalsingCollectorImpl.java
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ class FalsingCollectorImpl implements FalsingCollector {
 
     @Override
     public void onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
-        if (!mKeyguardStateController.isShowing() || mStatusBarStateController.isDozing()) {
+        if (!mKeyguardStateController.isShowing()
+                || (mStatusBarStateController.isDozing()
+                    && !mStatusBarStateController.isPulsing())) {
             avoidGesture();
             return;
         }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/classifier/FalsingCollectorImplTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/classifier/FalsingCollectorImplTest.java
index bc24445463527..3c41216949c2d 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/classifier/FalsingCollectorImplTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/classifier/FalsingCollectorImplTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.inOrder;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.reset;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ public class FalsingCollectorImplTest extends SysuiTestCase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testAvoidDozing() {
+    public void testAvoidDozingNotPulsing() {
         MotionEvent down = MotionEvent.obtain(0, 0, MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN, 0, 0, 0);
         MotionEvent up = MotionEvent.obtain(0, 0, MotionEvent.ACTION_UP, 0, 0, 0);
 
@@ -199,4 +200,21 @@ public class FalsingCollectorImplTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         mFalsingCollector.onTouchEvent(up);
         verify(mFalsingDataProvider, never()).onMotionEvent(any(MotionEvent.class));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAvoidDozingButPulsing() {
+        MotionEvent down = MotionEvent.obtain(0, 0, MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN, 0, 0, 0);
+        MotionEvent up = MotionEvent.obtain(0, 0, MotionEvent.ACTION_UP, 0, 0, 0);
+
+        when(mStatusBarStateController.isDozing()).thenReturn(true);
+        when(mStatusBarStateController.isPulsing()).thenReturn(true);
+
+        // Nothing passed initially
+        mFalsingCollector.onTouchEvent(down);
+        verify(mFalsingDataProvider, never()).onMotionEvent(any(MotionEvent.class));
+
+        // Up event would flushes
+        mFalsingCollector.onTouchEvent(up);
+        verify(mFalsingDataProvider, times(2)).onMotionEvent(any(MotionEvent.class));
+    }
 }