diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/BackgroundAppState.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/BackgroundAppState.java
index 6da804bde8..e57e84184e 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/BackgroundAppState.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/BackgroundAppState.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class BackgroundAppState extends OverviewState {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public float getDepth(Context context) {
+    protected float getDepthUnchecked(Context context) {
         return 1f;
     }
 }
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/OverviewState.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/OverviewState.java
index 9bb424364d..e44f59fd71 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/OverviewState.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/OverviewState.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class OverviewState extends LauncherState {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public float getDepth(Context context) {
+    protected float getDepthUnchecked(Context context) {
         return 1f;
     }
 
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/AllAppsState.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/AllAppsState.java
index 33f380f99f..ea71d979b8 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/AllAppsState.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/AllAppsState.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class AllAppsState extends LauncherState {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public float getDepth(Context context) {
+    protected float getDepthUnchecked(Context context) {
         return 1f;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherState.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherState.java
index e799df7b68..54d8f0d8bc 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherState.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherState.java
@@ -285,7 +285,14 @@ public abstract class LauncherState {
      *
      * 0 means completely zoomed in, without blurs. 1 is zoomed out, with blurs.
      */
-    public float getDepth(Context context) {
+    public final float getDepth(Context context) {
+        if (BaseDraggingActivity.fromContext(context).getDeviceProfile().isMultiWindowMode) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return getDepthUnchecked(context);
+    }
+
+    protected float getDepthUnchecked(Context context) {
         return 0f;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
index 2ba624cc1b..b2ff69afc3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class SpringLoadedState extends LauncherState {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public float getDepth(Context context) {
+    protected float getDepthUnchecked(Context context) {
         return 0.5f;
     }