diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
index 20958aa1c9b15..ce1592d87fcda 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
             return mAssociatedTransitionInfo != null && mAssociatedTransitionInfo.allDrawn();
         }
 
+        boolean hasActiveTransitionInfo() {
+            return mAssociatedTransitionInfo != null;
+        }
+
         boolean contains(ActivityRecord r) {
             return mAssociatedTransitionInfo != null && mAssociatedTransitionInfo.contains(r);
         }
@@ -336,10 +340,11 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
         }
 
         /** Only keep the records which can be drawn. */
-        void updatePendingDraw() {
+        void updatePendingDraw(boolean keepInitializing) {
             for (int i = mPendingDrawActivities.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                 final ActivityRecord r = mPendingDrawActivities.get(i);
-                if (!r.mVisibleRequested) {
+                if (!r.mVisibleRequested
+                        && !(keepInitializing && r.isState(ActivityRecord.State.INITIALIZING))) {
                     if (DEBUG_METRICS) Slog.i(TAG, "Discard pending draw " + r);
                     mPendingDrawActivities.remove(i);
                 }
@@ -663,7 +668,7 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
         // visible such as after the top task is finished.
         for (int i = mTransitionInfoList.size() - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
             final TransitionInfo prevInfo = mTransitionInfoList.get(i);
-            prevInfo.updatePendingDraw();
+            prevInfo.updatePendingDraw(false /* keepInitializing */);
             if (prevInfo.allDrawn()) {
                 abort(prevInfo, "nothing will be drawn");
             }
@@ -749,7 +754,9 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
             info.mCurrentTransitionDelayMs = info.calculateDelay(timestampNs);
             info.mReason = activityToReason.valueAt(index);
             info.mLoggedTransitionStarting = true;
-            info.updatePendingDraw();
+            // Do not remove activity in initializing state because the transition may be started
+            // by starting window. The initializing activity may be requested to visible soon.
+            info.updatePendingDraw(true /* keepInitializing */);
             if (info.allDrawn()) {
                 done(false /* abort */, info, "notifyTransitionStarting - all windows drawn",
                         timestampNs);
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
index 50ac4330facd3..e593c1c1e6562 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
@@ -2596,7 +2596,10 @@ public class ActivityTaskSupervisor implements RecentTasks.Callbacks {
         }
 
         boolean matches(ActivityRecord r) {
-            return mTargetComponent.equals(r.mActivityComponent) || mLaunchingState.contains(r);
+            if (!mLaunchingState.hasActiveTransitionInfo()) {
+                return mTargetComponent.equals(r.mActivityComponent);
+            }
+            return mLaunchingState.contains(r);
         }
 
         void dump(PrintWriter pw, String prefix) {
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 b282cd7ce1cbc..89a126b92bfa7 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ public class ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests extends WindowTestsBase {
 
         // Another round without setting visibility of the trampoline activity.
         onActivityLaunchedTrampoline();
+        mTrampolineActivity.setState(ActivityRecord.State.PAUSING, "test");
         notifyWindowsDrawn(mTopActivity);
         // If the transition can start, the invisible activities should be discarded and the launch
         // event be reported successfully.
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisorTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisorTests.java
index 0d177c14427b8..26a68821a672a 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisorTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisorTests.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import androidx.test.filters.MediumTest;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -108,16 +109,18 @@ public class ActivityTaskSupervisorTests extends WindowTestsBase {
         final ActivityMetricsLogger.LaunchingState launchingState =
                 new ActivityMetricsLogger.LaunchingState();
         spyOn(launchingState);
-        doReturn(true).when(launchingState).contains(eq(secondActivity));
+        doReturn(true).when(launchingState).hasActiveTransitionInfo();
+        doReturn(true).when(launchingState).contains(
+                ArgumentMatchers.argThat(r -> r == firstActivity || r == secondActivity));
         // The test case already runs inside global lock, so above thread can only execute after
         // this waiting method that releases the lock.
         mSupervisor.waitActivityVisibleOrLaunched(taskToFrontWait, firstActivity, launchingState);
 
         // Assert that the thread is finished.
         assertTrue(condition.block(TIMEOUT_MS));
-        assertEquals(taskToFrontWait.result, START_TASK_TO_FRONT);
-        assertEquals(taskToFrontWait.who, secondActivity.mActivityComponent);
-        assertEquals(taskToFrontWait.launchState, WaitResult.LAUNCH_STATE_HOT);
+        assertEquals(START_TASK_TO_FRONT, taskToFrontWait.result);
+        assertEquals(secondActivity.mActivityComponent, taskToFrontWait.who);
+        assertEquals(WaitResult.LAUNCH_STATE_HOT, taskToFrontWait.launchState);
         // START_TASK_TO_FRONT means that another component will be visible, so the component
         // should not be assigned as the first activity.
         assertNull(launchedComponent[0]);