diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayService.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayService.java
index a14aa52225802..f282aaefe0fd7 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayService.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayService.java
@@ -221,7 +221,14 @@ public class DreamOverlayService extends android.service.dreams.DreamOverlayServ
             mDreamOverlayTouchMonitor.init();
 
             mStateController.setShouldShowComplications(shouldShowComplications());
-            addOverlayWindowLocked(layoutParams);
+
+            // If we are not able to add the overlay window, reset the overlay.
+            if (!addOverlayWindowLocked(layoutParams)) {
+                resetCurrentDreamOverlayLocked();
+                return;
+            }
+
+
             setCurrentStateLocked(Lifecycle.State.RESUMED);
             mStateController.setOverlayActive(true);
             final ComponentName dreamComponent = getDreamComponent();
@@ -267,7 +274,7 @@ public class DreamOverlayService extends android.service.dreams.DreamOverlayServ
      * @param layoutParams The {@link android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams} which allow inserting
      *                     into the dream window.
      */
-    private void addOverlayWindowLocked(WindowManager.LayoutParams layoutParams) {
+    private boolean addOverlayWindowLocked(WindowManager.LayoutParams layoutParams) {
         mWindow = new PhoneWindow(mContext);
         // Default to SystemUI name for TalkBack.
         mWindow.setTitle("");
@@ -292,9 +299,22 @@ public class DreamOverlayService extends android.service.dreams.DreamOverlayServ
         // risk an IllegalStateException in some cases when setting the container view as the
         // window's content view and the container view hasn't been properly removed previously).
         removeContainerViewFromParentLocked();
+
         mWindow.setContentView(mDreamOverlayContainerViewController.getContainerView());
 
-        mWindowManager.addView(mWindow.getDecorView(), mWindow.getAttributes());
+        // It is possible that a dream's window (and the dream as a whole) is no longer valid by
+        // the time the overlay service processes the dream. This can happen for example if
+        // another dream is started immediately after the existing dream begins. In this case, the
+        // overlay service should identify the situation through the thrown exception and tear down
+        // the overlay.
+        try {
+            mWindowManager.addView(mWindow.getDecorView(), mWindow.getAttributes());
+            return true;
+        } catch (WindowManager.BadTokenException exception) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Dream activity window invalid: " + layoutParams.packageName,
+                    exception);
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
     private void removeContainerViewFromParentLocked() {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayServiceTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayServiceTest.java
index 9d4bef621988c..9e70c27f7881f 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayServiceTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayServiceTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.clearInvocations;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -231,6 +232,31 @@ public class DreamOverlayServiceTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         verify(mWindowManager).addView(any(), any());
     }
 
+    // Validates that {@link DreamOverlayService} properly handles the case where the dream's
+    // window is no longer valid by the time start is called.
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidWindowAddStart() throws Exception {
+        final IDreamOverlayClient client = getClient();
+
+        doThrow(new WindowManager.BadTokenException()).when(mWindowManager).addView(any(), any());
+        // Inform the overlay service of dream starting.
+        client.startDream(mWindowParams, mDreamOverlayCallback, DREAM_COMPONENT,
+                false /*shouldShowComplication*/);
+        mMainExecutor.runAllReady();
+
+        verify(mWindowManager).addView(any(), any());
+
+        verify(mStateController).setOverlayActive(false);
+        verify(mStateController).setLowLightActive(false);
+        verify(mStateController).setEntryAnimationsFinished(false);
+
+        verify(mStateController, never()).setOverlayActive(true);
+        verify(mUiEventLogger, never()).log(
+                DreamOverlayService.DreamOverlayEvent.DREAM_OVERLAY_COMPLETE_START);
+
+        verify(mDreamOverlayCallbackController, never()).onStartDream();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDreamOverlayContainerViewControllerInitialized() throws Exception {
         final IDreamOverlayClient client = getClient();