diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayNotificationCountProvider.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayNotificationCountProvider.java
index 6589f26dbde29..3dd43866e4657 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayNotificationCountProvider.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayNotificationCountProvider.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 /***
  * {@link DreamOverlayNotificationCountProvider} provides the current notification count to
- * registered callbacks.
+ * registered callbacks. Ongoing notifications are not included in the count.
  */
 @SysUISingleton
 public class DreamOverlayNotificationCountProvider
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ public class DreamOverlayNotificationCountProvider
         @Override
         public void onNotificationPosted(
                 StatusBarNotification sbn, NotificationListenerService.RankingMap rankingMap) {
+            if (sbn.isOngoing()) {
+                // Don't count ongoing notifications.
+                return;
+            }
             mNotificationKeys.add(sbn.getKey());
             reportNotificationCountChanged();
         }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayNotificationCountProviderTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayNotificationCountProviderTest.java
index b7de6c15459c9..25d4c472dc634 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayNotificationCountProviderTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayNotificationCountProviderTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.android.systemui.dreams;
 
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ public class DreamOverlayNotificationCountProviderTest extends SysuiTestCase {
     @Mock
     StatusBarNotification mNotification2;
     @Mock
+    StatusBarNotification mNotification3;
+    @Mock
     NotificationListenerService.RankingMap mRankingMap;
 
     private DreamOverlayNotificationCountProvider mProvider;
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ public class DreamOverlayNotificationCountProviderTest extends SysuiTestCase {
 
         when(mNotification1.getKey()).thenReturn("key1");
         when(mNotification2.getKey()).thenReturn("key2");
+        when(mNotification3.getKey()).thenReturn("key3");
+        when(mNotification3.isOngoing()).thenReturn(true);
 
         final StatusBarNotification[] notifications = {mNotification1};
         when(mNotificationListener.getActiveNotifications()).thenReturn(notifications);
@@ -83,4 +88,13 @@ public class DreamOverlayNotificationCountProviderTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         handlerArgumentCaptor.getValue().onNotificationRemoved(mNotification1, mRankingMap);
         verify(mCallback).onNotificationCountChanged(0);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPostingOngoingNotificationDoesNotCallCallbackWithNotificationCount() {
+        final ArgumentCaptor<NotificationHandler> handlerArgumentCaptor =
+                ArgumentCaptor.forClass(NotificationHandler.class);
+        verify(mNotificationListener).addNotificationHandler(handlerArgumentCaptor.capture());
+        handlerArgumentCaptor.getValue().onNotificationPosted(mNotification3, mRankingMap);
+        verify(mCallback, never()).onNotificationCountChanged(2);
+    }
 }