diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarLauncherStateController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarLauncherStateController.java
index 9078742f65..f44cae927d 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarLauncherStateController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarLauncherStateController.java
@@ -521,11 +521,22 @@ public class TaskbarLauncherStateController {
         stashController.updateStateForFlag(FLAG_IN_OVERVIEW,
                 mLauncherState == LauncherState.OVERVIEW);
 
+        // Update taskbar stash flag here since we are skipping the playStateTransitionAnim below
+        if (isPinnedTaskbar) {
+            stashController.updateStateForFlag(FLAG_IN_STASHED_LAUNCHER_STATE,
+                    mLauncherState.isTaskbarStashed(mLauncher));
+        }
+
         AnimatorSet animatorSet = new AnimatorSet();
 
         if (hasAnyFlag(changedFlags, FLAG_LAUNCHER_IN_STATE_TRANSITION)) {
             boolean launcherTransitionCompleted = !hasAnyFlag(FLAG_LAUNCHER_IN_STATE_TRANSITION);
-            playStateTransitionAnim(animatorSet, duration, launcherTransitionCompleted);
+
+            // We are skipping the taskbar stash animation for pinned taskbar, as we handle that now
+            // in setupPinnedTaskbarAnimation.
+            if (!isPinnedTaskbar) {
+                playStateTransitionAnim(animatorSet, duration, launcherTransitionCompleted);
+            }
 
             if (launcherTransitionCompleted
                     && mLauncherState == LauncherState.QUICK_SWITCH_FROM_HOME) {
@@ -613,7 +624,7 @@ public class TaskbarLauncherStateController {
         AnimatedFloat taskbarBgOffset =
                 mControllers.taskbarDragLayerController.getTaskbarBackgroundOffset();
         boolean showTaskbar = shouldShowTaskbar(mControllers.taskbarActivityContext, isInLauncher,
-                isInOverview);
+                isInOverview) && !mControllers.taskbarStashController.isInStashedLauncherState();
         float taskbarBgOffsetEnd = showTaskbar ? 0f : 1f;
         float taskbarBgOffsetStart = showTaskbar ? 1f : 0f;
 
@@ -762,6 +773,7 @@ public class TaskbarLauncherStateController {
         return !isInLauncher || isInOverview;
     }
 
+    // Used to stash/unstash pinned taskbar between home, overview, in app states.
     private void setupPinnedTaskbarAnimation(AnimatorSet animatorSet, boolean showTaskbar,
             AnimatedFloat taskbarBgOffset, float taskbarBgOffsetStart, float taskbarBgOffsetEnd,
             long duration, Animator taskbarBackgroundAlpha) {