diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/user/domain/interactor/UserInteractor.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/user/domain/interactor/UserInteractor.kt
index 4d506f0..69e51294 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/user/domain/interactor/UserInteractor.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/user/domain/interactor/UserInteractor.kt
@@ -641,6 +641,11 @@
     }
 
     private fun restartSecondaryService(@UserIdInt userId: Int) {
+        // Do not start service for user that is marked for deletion.
+        if (!manager.aliveUsers.map { it.id }.contains(userId)) {
+            return
+        }
+
         val intent = Intent(applicationContext, SystemUISecondaryUserService::class.java)
         // Disconnect from the old secondary user's service
         val secondaryUserId = repository.secondaryUserId
@@ -654,6 +659,7 @@
 
         // Connect to the new secondary user's service (purely to ensure that a persistent
         // SystemUI application is created for that user)
+
         if (userId != Process.myUserHandle().identifier) {
             applicationContext.startServiceAsUser(
                 intent,
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/user/domain/interactor/UserInteractorTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/user/domain/interactor/UserInteractorTest.kt
index 5a54aff..60dcdae 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/user/domain/interactor/UserInteractorTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/user/domain/interactor/UserInteractorTest.kt
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
 
     @Test
     fun createUserInteractor_nonProcessUser_startsSecondaryService() {
+        val userId = Process.myUserHandle().identifier + 1
+        whenever(manager.aliveUsers).thenReturn(listOf(createUserInfo(userId, "abc")))
+
         createUserInteractor(false /* startAsProcessUser */)
         verify(spyContext).startServiceAsUser(any(), any())
     }
@@ -655,9 +658,10 @@
 
     @Test
     fun userSwitchedBroadcast() {
-        createUserInteractor()
         testScope.runTest {
             val userInfos = createUserInfos(count = 2, includeGuest = false)
+            whenever(manager.aliveUsers).thenReturn(userInfos)
+            createUserInteractor()
             userRepository.setUserInfos(userInfos)
             userRepository.setSelectedUserInfo(userInfos[0])
             userRepository.setSettings(UserSwitcherSettingsModel(isUserSwitcherEnabled = true))
@@ -985,6 +989,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun initWithNoAliveUsers() {
+        whenever(manager.aliveUsers).thenReturn(listOf())
+        createUserInteractor()
+        verify(spyContext, never()).startServiceAsUser(any(), any())
+    }
+
     private fun assertUsers(
         models: List<UserModel>?,
         count: Int,