diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskMenuView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskMenuView.java
index ef66b7a396..8b49f2c212 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskMenuView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskMenuView.java
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ public class TaskMenuView extends AbstractFloatingView {
         }
         if (mIsOpen) {
             mOptionLayout.removeAllViews();
-            populateAndLayoutMenu();
+            if (!populateAndLayoutMenu()) {
+                close(false);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -186,14 +188,22 @@ public class TaskMenuView extends AbstractFloatingView {
         }
         mActivity.getDragLayer().addView(this);
         mTaskView = taskView;
-        populateAndLayoutMenu();
+        if (!populateAndLayoutMenu()) {
+            return false;
+        }
         post(this::animateOpen);
         return true;
     }
 
-    private void populateAndLayoutMenu() {
+    /** @return true if successfully able to populate task view menu, false otherwise */
+    private boolean populateAndLayoutMenu() {
+        if (mTaskView.getTask().icon == null) {
+            // Icon may not be loaded
+            return false;
+        }
         addMenuOptions(mTaskView);
         orientAroundTaskView(mTaskView);
+        return true;
     }
 
     private void addMenuOptions(TaskView taskView) {
@@ -240,8 +250,10 @@ public class TaskMenuView extends AbstractFloatingView {
         setLayoutParams(params);
         setScaleX(taskView.getScaleX());
         setScaleY(taskView.getScaleY());
+        boolean canActivityRotate = taskView.getRecentsView()
+            .mOrientationState.canRecentsActivityRotate();
         mOptionLayout.setOrientation(orientationHandler
-                .getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(mOptionLayout));
+                .getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(canActivityRotate, mOptionLayout));
         setPosition(sTempRect.left - insets.left, sTempRect.top - insets.top,
             taskView.getPagedOrientationHandler());
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
index c2bfb167a2..ac1ade260d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ public class LandscapePagedViewHandler implements PagedOrientationHandler {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(LinearLayout taskMenuLayout) {
+    public int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(boolean canRecentsActivityRotate,
+        LinearLayout taskMenuLayout) {
         return LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PagedOrientationHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PagedOrientationHandler.java
index b650526fe1..d4f5cba40e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PagedOrientationHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PagedOrientationHandler.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public interface PagedOrientationHandler {
     float getTaskMenuX(float x, View thumbnailView);
     float getTaskMenuY(float y, View thumbnailView);
     int getTaskMenuWidth(View view);
-    int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(LinearLayout taskMenuLayout);
+    int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(boolean canRecentsActivityRotate, LinearLayout taskMenuLayout);
     void setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp);
     int getDistanceToBottomOfRect(DeviceProfile dp, Rect rect);
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
index e87c887d33..3341996383 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
@@ -237,8 +237,9 @@ public class PortraitPagedViewHandler implements PagedOrientationHandler {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(LinearLayout taskMenuLayout) {
-        return taskMenuLayout.getOrientation();
+    public int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(boolean canRecentsActivityRotate,
+        LinearLayout taskMenuLayout) {
+        return canRecentsActivityRotate ? taskMenuLayout.getOrientation() : LinearLayout.VERTICAL;
     }
 
     @Override