diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
index 7ff887c7d2..6279903392 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public class TaskbarStashController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTaskba
 
     private Animator mTaskbarBackgroundAlphaAnimator;
     private long mTaskbarBackgroundDuration;
-    private boolean mIsGoingHome;
+    private boolean mUserIsNotGoingHome = false;
 
     // Evaluate whether the handle should be stashed
     private final LongPredicate mIsStashedPredicate = flags -> {
@@ -828,17 +828,13 @@ public class TaskbarStashController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTaskba
             private boolean mTaskbarBgAlphaAnimationStarted = false;
             @Override
             public void onAnimationUpdate(ValueAnimator valueAnimator) {
-                if (mIsGoingHome) {
-                    mTaskbarBgAlphaAnimationStarted = true;
-                }
                 if (mTaskbarBgAlphaAnimationStarted) {
                     return;
                 }
 
                 if (valueAnimator.getAnimatedFraction() >= ANIMATED_FRACTION_THRESHOLD) {
-                    if (!mIsGoingHome) {
+                    if (mUserIsNotGoingHome) {
                         playTaskbarBackgroundAlphaAnimation();
-                        setUserIsGoingHome(false);
                         mTaskbarBgAlphaAnimationStarted = true;
                     }
                 }
@@ -850,8 +846,8 @@ public class TaskbarStashController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTaskba
     /**
      * Sets whether the user is going home based on the current gesture.
      */
-    public void setUserIsGoingHome(boolean isGoingHome) {
-        mIsGoingHome = isGoingHome;
+    public void setUserIsNotGoingHome(boolean userIsNotGoingHome) {
+        mUserIsNotGoingHome = userIsNotGoingHome;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarUIController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarUIController.java
index 593285f062..ce281c30e4 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarUIController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarUIController.java
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ public class TaskbarUIController {
     /**
      * Sets whether the user is going home based on the current gesture.
      */
-    public void setUserIsGoingHome(boolean isGoingHome) {
-        mControllers.taskbarStashController.setUserIsGoingHome(isGoingHome);
+    public void setUserIsNotGoingHome(boolean isNotGoingHome) {
+        mControllers.taskbarStashController.setUserIsNotGoingHome(isNotGoingHome);
     }
 }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
index 1acafab217..93f72fc77c 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ public abstract class AbsSwipeUpHandler<T extends RecentsViewContainer,
         }
         if (mContainerInterface.getTaskbarController() != null) {
             // Resets this value as the gesture is now complete.
-            mContainerInterface.getTaskbarController().setUserIsGoingHome(false);
+            mContainerInterface.getTaskbarController().setUserIsNotGoingHome(false);
         }
         ActiveGestureLog.INSTANCE.addLog(
                 new ActiveGestureLog.CompoundString("onSettledOnEndTarget ")
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ public abstract class AbsSwipeUpHandler<T extends RecentsViewContainer,
                 && mIsTransientTaskbar
                 && mContainerInterface.getTaskbarController() != null) {
             mContainerInterface.getTaskbarController()
-                    .setUserIsGoingHome(endTarget == GestureState.GestureEndTarget.HOME);
+                    .setUserIsNotGoingHome(endTarget != GestureState.GestureEndTarget.HOME);
         }
 
         float endShift = endTarget == ALL_APPS ? mDragLengthFactor