diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarScrimViewController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarScrimViewController.java
index 92d9b23cb6..48d2bc2ff7 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarScrimViewController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarScrimViewController.java
@@ -103,14 +103,20 @@ public class TaskbarScrimViewController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTa
     }
 
     private float getScrimAlpha() {
+        final boolean isPersistentTaskBarVisible =
+                mTaskbarVisible && !DisplayController.isTransientTaskbar(mScrimView.getContext());
         final boolean manageMenuExpanded =
                 (mSysUiStateFlags & SYSUI_STATE_BUBBLES_MANAGE_MENU_EXPANDED) != 0;
-        return manageMenuExpanded
-                // When manage menu shows there's the first scrim and second scrim so figure out
-                // what the total transparency would be.
-                ? (BUBBLE_EXPANDED_SCRIM_ALPHA + (BUBBLE_EXPANDED_SCRIM_ALPHA
-                * (1 - BUBBLE_EXPANDED_SCRIM_ALPHA)))
-                : shouldShowScrim() ? BUBBLE_EXPANDED_SCRIM_ALPHA : 0;
+        if (isPersistentTaskBarVisible && manageMenuExpanded) {
+            // When manage menu shows for persistent task bar there's the first scrim and second
+            // scrim so figure out what the total transparency would be.
+            return BUBBLE_EXPANDED_SCRIM_ALPHA
+                    + (BUBBLE_EXPANDED_SCRIM_ALPHA * (1 - BUBBLE_EXPANDED_SCRIM_ALPHA));
+        } else if (shouldShowScrim()) {
+            return BUBBLE_EXPANDED_SCRIM_ALPHA;
+        } else {
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
 
     private void showScrim(boolean showScrim, float alpha, boolean skipAnim) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/DisplayController.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/DisplayController.java
index 92fc38ff71..fa01986535 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/DisplayController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/DisplayController.java
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ public class DisplayController implements ComponentCallbacks, SafeCloseable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns whether taskbar is transient.
+     * Returns whether taskbar is transient or persistent.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if transient, {@code false} if persistent.
      */
     public static boolean isTransientTaskbar(Context context) {
         return INSTANCE.get(context).getInfo().isTransientTaskbar();