diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/anim/AnimatorPlaybackController.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/anim/AnimatorPlaybackController.java
index f6d1651cb6..7d8b82a8eb 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/anim/AnimatorPlaybackController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/anim/AnimatorPlaybackController.java
@@ -290,7 +290,10 @@ public class AnimatorPlaybackController implements ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateL
         callAnimatorCommandRecursively(mAnim, a -> a.setInterpolator(interpolator));
     }
 
-    private static void callListenerCommandRecursively(
+    /**
+     * Recursively calls a command on all the listeners of the provided animation
+     */
+    public static void callListenerCommandRecursively(
             Animator anim, BiConsumer<AnimatorListener, Animator> command) {
         callAnimatorCommandRecursively(anim, a-> {
             for (AnimatorListener l : nonNullList(a.getListeners())) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/StateManager.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/StateManager.java
index 03b68535bc..13d6568f78 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/StateManager.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/StateManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.android.launcher3.statemanager;
 
 import static android.animation.ValueAnimator.areAnimatorsEnabled;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.anim.AnimatorPlaybackController.callListenerCommandRecursively;
 import static com.android.launcher3.states.StateAnimationConfig.SKIP_ALL_ANIMATIONS;
 
 import android.animation.Animator;
@@ -514,8 +515,15 @@ public class StateManager<STATE_TYPE extends BaseState<STATE_TYPE>> {
                 playbackController.getAnimationPlayer().cancel();
                 playbackController.dispatchOnCancel();
             } else if (currentAnimation != null) {
-                currentAnimation.setDuration(0);
-                currentAnimation.cancel();
+                AnimatorSet anim = currentAnimation;
+                anim.setDuration(0);
+                if (!anim.isStarted()) {
+                    // If the animation is not started the listeners do not get notified,
+                    // notify manually.
+                    callListenerCommandRecursively(anim, AnimatorListener::onAnimationCancel);
+                    callListenerCommandRecursively(anim, AnimatorListener::onAnimationEnd);
+                }
+                anim.cancel();
             }
 
             currentAnimation = null;