diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseSwipeUpHandlerV2.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseSwipeUpHandlerV2.java
index 37aa0dadd2..6c4c5d3f4d 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseSwipeUpHandlerV2.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseSwipeUpHandlerV2.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import static com.android.quickstep.SysUINavigationMode.Mode.TWO_BUTTONS;
 import static com.android.quickstep.util.ShelfPeekAnim.ShelfAnimState.HIDE;
 import static com.android.quickstep.util.ShelfPeekAnim.ShelfAnimState.PEEK;
 import static com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.UPDATE_SYSUI_FLAGS_THRESHOLD;
+import static com.android.systemui.shared.system.RemoteAnimationTargetCompat.ACTIVITY_TYPE_HOME;
 
 import android.animation.Animator;
 import android.animation.TimeInterpolator;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ import com.android.systemui.shared.system.ActivityManagerWrapper;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.InputConsumerController;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.LatencyTrackerCompat;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.RemoteAnimationTargetCompat;
+import com.android.systemui.shared.system.TaskInfoCompat;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.TaskStackChangeListener;
 
 /**
@@ -940,7 +942,8 @@ public abstract class BaseSwipeUpHandlerV2<T extends StatefulActivity<?>, Q exte
         @Override
         public void onActivityRestartAttempt(ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo task,
                 boolean homeTaskVisible, boolean clearedTask, boolean wasVisible) {
-            if (task.taskId == mGestureState.getRunningTaskId()) {
+            if (task.taskId == mGestureState.getRunningTaskId()
+                    && TaskInfoCompat.getActivityType(task) != ACTIVITY_TYPE_HOME) {
                 // Since this is an edge case, just cancel and relaunch with default activity
                 // options (since we don't know if there's an associated app icon to launch from)
                 endRunningWindowAnim(true /* cancel */);
@@ -1327,6 +1330,6 @@ public abstract class BaseSwipeUpHandlerV2<T extends StatefulActivity<?>, Q exte
 
     private static boolean isNotInRecents(RemoteAnimationTargetCompat app) {
         return app.isNotInRecents
-                || app.activityType == RemoteAnimationTargetCompat.ACTIVITY_TYPE_HOME;
+                || app.activityType == ACTIVITY_TYPE_HOME;
     }
 }