diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
index d1d2f97..86ba7ef 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 
 import com.android.launcher3.BaseDraggingActivity;
 import com.android.launcher3.ConstantItem;
-import com.android.launcher3.DeviceProfile;
 import com.android.launcher3.EncryptionType;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherPrefs;
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
@@ -725,8 +724,7 @@
         final int action = event.getActionMasked();
         // Note this will create a new consumer every mouse click, as after ACTION_UP from the click
         // an ACTION_HOVER_ENTER will fire as well.
-        boolean isHoverActionWithoutConsumer =
-                event.isHoverEvent() && (mUncheckedConsumer.getType() & TYPE_CURSOR_HOVER) == 0;
+        boolean isHoverActionWithoutConsumer = isHoverActionWithoutConsumer(event);
         CompoundString reasonString = action == ACTION_DOWN
                 ? new CompoundString("onMotionEvent: ") : CompoundString.NO_OP;
         if (action == ACTION_DOWN || isHoverActionWithoutConsumer) {
@@ -846,6 +844,15 @@
         traceToken.close();
     }
 
+    private boolean isHoverActionWithoutConsumer(MotionEvent event) {
+        // Only process these events when taskbar is present.
+        TaskbarActivityContext tac = mTaskbarManager.getCurrentActivityContext();
+        boolean isTaskbarPresent = tac != null && tac.getDeviceProfile().isTaskbarPresent
+                && !tac.isPhoneMode();
+        return event.isHoverEvent() && (mUncheckedConsumer.getType() & TYPE_CURSOR_HOVER) == 0
+                && isTaskbarPresent;
+    }
+
     // Talkback generates hover events on touch, which we do not want to consume.
     private boolean isCursorHoverEvent(MotionEvent event) {
         return event.isHoverEvent() && event.getSource() == InputDevice.SOURCE_MOUSE;