diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/OverviewProxyRecentsImpl.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/OverviewProxyRecentsImpl.java
index f3e2f104621e4..f89185e3efa94 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/OverviewProxyRecentsImpl.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/OverviewProxyRecentsImpl.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public class OverviewProxyRecentsImpl implements RecentsImplementation {
                 try {
                     if (mOverviewProxyService.getProxy() != null) {
                         mOverviewProxyService.getProxy().onOverviewToggle();
+                        mOverviewProxyService.notifyToggleRecentApps();
                     }
                 } catch (RemoteException e) {
                     Log.e(TAG, "Cannot send toggle recents through proxy service.", e);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/OverviewProxyService.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/OverviewProxyService.java
index 8a012b8b06f18..d0347f9f34867 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/OverviewProxyService.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/OverviewProxyService.java
@@ -871,6 +871,12 @@ public class OverviewProxyService extends CurrentUserTracker implements
         }
     }
 
+    void notifyToggleRecentApps() {
+        for (int i = mConnectionCallbacks.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+            mConnectionCallbacks.get(i).onToggleRecentApps();
+        }
+    }
+
     private void updateEnabledState() {
         mIsEnabled = mContext.getPackageManager().resolveServiceAsUser(mQuickStepIntent,
                 MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY,
@@ -901,6 +907,8 @@ public class OverviewProxyService extends CurrentUserTracker implements
         default void onQuickSwitchToNewTask(@Surface.Rotation int rotation) {}
         default void onOverviewShown(boolean fromHome) {}
         default void onQuickScrubStarted() {}
+        /** Notify the recents app (overview) is started by 3-button navigation. */
+        default void onToggleRecentApps() {}
         /** Notify changes in the nav bar button alpha */
         default void onNavBarButtonAlphaChanged(float alpha, boolean animate) {}
         default void onSystemUiStateChanged(int sysuiStateFlags) {}
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NavigationBarFragment.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NavigationBarFragment.java
index 11022bbcb7ead..df121f0faaf90 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NavigationBarFragment.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NavigationBarFragment.java
@@ -323,6 +323,20 @@ public class NavigationBarFragment extends LifecycleFragment implements Callback
                 buttonDispatcher.setAlpha(forceVisible ? 1f : alpha, animate);
             }
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onOverviewShown(boolean fromHome) {
+            // If the overview has fixed orientation that may change display to natural rotation,
+            // we don't want the user rotation to be reset. So after user returns to application,
+            // it can keep in the original rotation.
+            mNavigationBarView.getRotationButtonController().setSkipOverrideUserLockPrefsOnce();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onToggleRecentApps() {
+            // The same case as onOverviewShown but only for 3-button navigation.
+            mNavigationBarView.getRotationButtonController().setSkipOverrideUserLockPrefsOnce();
+        }
     };
 
     private NavigationBarTransitions.DarkIntensityListener mOrientationHandleIntensityListener =
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/RotationButtonController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/RotationButtonController.java
index de9c745cb3579..59b10e416b037 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/RotationButtonController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/RotationButtonController.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public class RotationButtonController {
     private Consumer<Integer> mRotWatcherListener;
     private boolean mListenersRegistered = false;
     private boolean mIsNavigationBarShowing;
+    private boolean mSkipOverrideUserLockPrefsOnce;
 
     private final Runnable mRemoveRotationProposal =
             () -> setRotateSuggestionButtonState(false /* visible */);
@@ -349,7 +350,20 @@ public class RotationButtonController {
         mUiEventLogger.log(RotationButtonEvent.ROTATION_SUGGESTION_SHOWN);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Makes {@link #shouldOverrideUserLockPrefs} always return {@code false} once. It is used to
+     * avoid losing original user rotation when display rotation is changed by entering the fixed
+     * orientation overview.
+     */
+    void setSkipOverrideUserLockPrefsOnce() {
+        mSkipOverrideUserLockPrefsOnce = true;
+    }
+
     private boolean shouldOverrideUserLockPrefs(final int rotation) {
+        if (mSkipOverrideUserLockPrefsOnce) {
+            mSkipOverrideUserLockPrefsOnce = false;
+            return false;
+        }
         // Only override user prefs when returning to the natural rotation (normally portrait).
         // Don't let apps that force landscape or 180 alter user lock.
         return rotation == NATURAL_ROTATION;