diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskViewUtils.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskViewUtils.java
index 4e84f4a..2e40117 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskViewUtils.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskViewUtils.java
@@ -196,12 +196,13 @@
                 remoteTargetHandles = gluer.assignTargets(targets);
             }
         }
+
         final int recentsActivityRotation =
                 recentsView.getPagedViewOrientedState().getRecentsActivityRotation();
-        for (RemoteTargetHandle remoteTargetGluer : remoteTargetHandles) {
-            remoteTargetGluer.getTaskViewSimulator().getOrientationState().setRecentsRotation(
-                    recentsActivityRotation);
-            remoteTargetGluer.getTransformParams().setSyncTransactionApplier(applier);
+        for (RemoteTargetHandle remoteTargetHandle : remoteTargetHandles) {
+            remoteTargetHandle.getTaskViewSimulator().getOrientationState()
+                    .setRecentsRotation(recentsActivityRotation);
+            remoteTargetHandle.getTransformParams().setSyncTransactionApplier(applier);
         }
 
         int taskIndex = recentsView.indexOfChild(v);
@@ -394,6 +395,13 @@
 
         out.addListener(new AnimationSuccessListener() {
             @Override
+            public void onAnimationStart(Animator animation) {
+                for (RemoteTargetHandle remoteTargetHandle : remoteTargetHandles) {
+                    remoteTargetHandle.getTaskViewSimulator().setDrawsBelowRecents(false);
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
             public void onAnimationSuccess(Animator animator) {
                 if (isQuickSwitch) {
                     InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.end(Cuj.CUJ_LAUNCHER_QUICK_SWITCH);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
index 66a880b..c8d631d 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
@@ -1034,15 +1034,6 @@
                     recentsView.getDepthController());
             anim.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
                 @Override
-                public void onAnimationStart(Animator animation) {
-                    recentsView.runActionOnRemoteHandles(
-                            (Consumer<RemoteTargetHandle>) remoteTargetHandle ->
-                                    remoteTargetHandle
-                                            .getTaskViewSimulator()
-                                            .setDrawsBelowRecents(false));
-                }
-
-                @Override
                 public void onAnimationEnd(Animator animator) {
                     if (mTask != null && mTask.key.displayId != getRootViewDisplayId()) {
                         launchTaskAnimated();