diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
index e237e41a3d52b..80ed8333fdc47 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
@@ -969,18 +969,9 @@ final class TaskRecord extends ConfigurationContainer implements TaskWindowConta
                 || topRunningActivityLocked() != null;
     }
 
-    void setFrontOfTask() {
-        setFrontOfTask(null);
-    }
-
     /** Call after activity movement or finish to make sure that frontOfTask is set correctly */
-    void setFrontOfTask(ActivityRecord newTop) {
-        // If a top candidate is suggested by the caller, go ahead and use it and mark all others
-        // as not front. This is needed in situations where the current front activity in the
-        // task isn't finished yet and we want to set the front to the activity moved to the front
-        // of the task.
-        boolean foundFront = newTop != null ? true : false;
-
+    final void setFrontOfTask() {
+        boolean foundFront = false;
         final int numActivities = mActivities.size();
         for (int activityNdx = 0; activityNdx < numActivities; ++activityNdx) {
             final ActivityRecord r = mActivities.get(activityNdx);
@@ -997,9 +988,6 @@ final class TaskRecord extends ConfigurationContainer implements TaskWindowConta
             // activity, make the bottom activity front.
             mActivities.get(0).frontOfTask = true;
         }
-        if (newTop != null) {
-            newTop.frontOfTask = true;
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1014,7 +1002,7 @@ final class TaskRecord extends ConfigurationContainer implements TaskWindowConta
         mActivities.add(newTop);
         updateEffectiveIntent();
 
-        setFrontOfTask(newTop);
+        setFrontOfTask();
     }
 
     void addActivityAtBottom(ActivityRecord r) {