diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
index 8440391f4a..323034898d 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ public class TaskView extends FrameLayout implements PageCallbacks, Reusable {
      * @param modalness [0, 1] 0 being in context with other tasks, 1 being shown on its own.
      */
     public void setModalness(float modalness) {
+        if (mModalness == modalness) {
+            return;
+        }
         mModalness = modalness;
         mIconView.setAlpha(comp(modalness));
         if (mContextualChip != null) {