diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/NotificationPanelViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/NotificationPanelViewController.java
index 41846f0..cd45b32 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/NotificationPanelViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/NotificationPanelViewController.java
@@ -2144,6 +2144,7 @@
     void flingToHeight(float vel, boolean expand, float target,
             float collapseSpeedUpFactor, boolean expandBecauseOfFalsing) {
         mLastFlingWasExpanding = expand;
+        mShadeLog.logLastFlingWasExpanding(expand);
         mHeadsUpTouchHelper.notifyFling(!expand);
         mKeyguardStateController.notifyPanelFlingStart(!expand /* flingingToDismiss */);
         setClosingWithAlphaFadeout(!expand && !isOnKeyguard() && getFadeoutAlpha() == 1.0f);
@@ -4624,6 +4625,7 @@
         ipw.println(mBlockingExpansionForCurrentTouch);
         ipw.print("mExpectingSynthesizedDown="); ipw.println(mExpectingSynthesizedDown);
         ipw.print("mLastEventSynthesizedDown="); ipw.println(mLastEventSynthesizedDown);
+        ipw.print("mLastFlingWasExpanding="); ipw.println(mLastFlingWasExpanding);
         ipw.print("mInterpolatedDarkAmount="); ipw.println(mInterpolatedDarkAmount);
         ipw.print("mLinearDarkAmount="); ipw.println(mLinearDarkAmount);
         ipw.print("mPulsing="); ipw.println(mPulsing);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeLogger.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeLogger.kt
index 11617be..26c839de 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeLogger.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeLogger.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import com.android.systemui.log.dagger.ShadeLog
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.log.LogBuffer
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.log.LogLevel
-import com.android.systemui.plugins.log.LogMessage
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CompileTimeConstant
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
@@ -234,4 +233,19 @@
             }
         )
     }
+
+    fun logLastFlingWasExpanding(
+            expand: Boolean
+    ) {
+        buffer.log(
+                TAG,
+                LogLevel.VERBOSE,
+                {
+                    bool1 = expand
+                },
+                {
+                    "NPVC mLastFlingWasExpanding set to: $bool1"
+                }
+        )
+    }
 }