diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index cb20ed0..c1ea533 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -1918,6 +1918,11 @@
 
     @Override
     public void addView(View child, int index) {
+        // RecentsView is set to RTL in the constructor when system is using LTR. Here we set the
+        // child direction back to match system settings.
+        child.setLayoutDirection(
+                Utilities.isRtl(getResources())
+                        ? View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL : View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR);
         super.addView(child, index);
         if (isExtraCardView(child, index)) {
             mTaskViewStartIndex++;