diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/NumPadButton.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/NumPadButton.java
index 8cb1bc4878a5c..5db3349b646a6 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/NumPadButton.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/NumPadButton.java
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ public class NumPadButton extends AlphaOptimizedImageButton {
 
     @Override
     public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
-        if (mAnimator != null) mAnimator.start();
+        if (event.getActionMasked() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
+            if (mAnimator != null) mAnimator.start();
+        }
         return super.onTouchEvent(event);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/NumPadKey.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/NumPadKey.java
index a4a781dc6ff50..e6a9d4fdd5471 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/NumPadKey.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/NumPadKey.java
@@ -160,10 +160,9 @@ public class NumPadKey extends ViewGroup {
     public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
         if (event.getActionMasked() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
             doHapticKeyClick();
+            if (mAnimator != null) mAnimator.start();
         }
 
-        if (mAnimator != null) mAnimator.start();
-
         return super.onTouchEvent(event);
     }