diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskViewSimulator.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskViewSimulator.java
index a95908d3bf..832f0e2dce 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskViewSimulator.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskViewSimulator.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import static android.view.Surface.ROTATION_0;
 
 import static com.android.launcher3.states.RotationHelper.deltaRotation;
 import static com.android.launcher3.touch.PagedOrientationHandler.MATRIX_POST_TRANSLATE;
-import static com.android.quickstep.util.RecentsOrientedState.isFixedRotationTransformEnabled;
 import static com.android.quickstep.util.RecentsOrientedState.postDisplayRotation;
 import static com.android.systemui.shared.system.WindowManagerWrapper.WINDOWING_MODE_FULLSCREEN;
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ public class TaskViewSimulator implements TransformParams.BuilderProxy {
     // Thumbnail view properties
     private final Rect mThumbnailPosition = new Rect();
     private final ThumbnailData mThumbnailData = new ThumbnailData();
-    private final PreviewPositionHelper mPositionHelper;
+    private final PreviewPositionHelper mPositionHelper = new PreviewPositionHelper();
     private final Matrix mInversePositionMatrix = new Matrix();
 
     // TaskView properties
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ public class TaskViewSimulator implements TransformParams.BuilderProxy {
     public TaskViewSimulator(Context context, WindowSizeStrategy sizeStrategy) {
         mContext = context;
         mSizeStrategy = sizeStrategy;
-        mPositionHelper = new PreviewPositionHelper(context);
 
         mOrientationState = new RecentsOrientedState(context, sizeStrategy, i -> { });
         // We do not need to attach listeners as the simulator is created just for the gesture
@@ -173,12 +171,12 @@ public class TaskViewSimulator implements TransformParams.BuilderProxy {
             mLayoutValid = true;
 
             getFullScreenScale();
-            mThumbnailData.rotation = isFixedRotationTransformEnabled(mContext)
-                    ? mOrientationState.getDisplayRotation() : mPositionHelper.getCurrentRotation();
-
-            mPositionHelper.updateThumbnailMatrix(mThumbnailPosition, mThumbnailData,
-                    mTaskRect.width(), mTaskRect.height(), mDp);
+            mThumbnailData.rotation = mOrientationState.getDisplayRotation();
 
+            mPositionHelper.updateThumbnailMatrix(
+                    mThumbnailPosition, mThumbnailData,
+                    mTaskRect.width(), mTaskRect.height(),
+                    mDp, mOrientationState.getLauncherRotation());
             mPositionHelper.getMatrix().invert(mInversePositionMatrix);
 
             PagedOrientationHandler poh = mOrientationState.getOrientationHandler();
@@ -188,7 +186,6 @@ public class TaskViewSimulator implements TransformParams.BuilderProxy {
             mScrollValid = false;
         }
 
-
         if (!mScrollValid) {
             mScrollValid = true;
             int start = mOrientationState.getOrientationHandler()
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
index b837a21d5d..a3e360fa22 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class TaskThumbnailView extends View implements PluginListener<OverviewSc
 
     // Contains the portion of the thumbnail that is clipped when fullscreen progress = 0.
     private final Rect mPreviewRect = new Rect();
-    private final PreviewPositionHelper mPreviewPositionHelper;
+    private final PreviewPositionHelper mPreviewPositionHelper = new PreviewPositionHelper();
     // Initialize with dummy value. It is overridden later by TaskView
     private TaskView.FullscreenDrawParams mFullscreenParams = TEMP_PARAMS;
 
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ public class TaskThumbnailView extends View implements PluginListener<OverviewSc
         mDimmingPaintAfterClearing.setColor(Color.BLACK);
         mActivity = BaseActivity.fromContext(context);
         mIsDarkTextTheme = Themes.getAttrBoolean(mActivity, R.attr.isWorkspaceDarkText);
-        mPreviewPositionHelper = new PreviewPositionHelper(context);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -349,8 +348,11 @@ public class TaskThumbnailView extends View implements PluginListener<OverviewSc
         if (mBitmapShader != null && mThumbnailData != null) {
             mPreviewRect.set(0, 0, mThumbnailData.thumbnail.getWidth(),
                     mThumbnailData.thumbnail.getHeight());
+            int currentRotation = ConfigurationCompat.getWindowConfigurationRotation(
+                    mActivity.getResources().getConfiguration());
             mPreviewPositionHelper.updateThumbnailMatrix(mPreviewRect, mThumbnailData,
-                    getMeasuredWidth(), getMeasuredHeight(), mActivity.getDeviceProfile());
+                    getMeasuredWidth(), getMeasuredHeight(), mActivity.getDeviceProfile(),
+                    currentRotation);
 
             mBitmapShader.setLocalMatrix(mPreviewPositionHelper.mMatrix);
             mPaint.setShader(mBitmapShader);
@@ -417,17 +419,6 @@ public class TaskThumbnailView extends View implements PluginListener<OverviewSc
         private float mClipBottom = -1;
         private boolean mIsOrientationChanged;
 
-        private final Context mContext;
-
-        public PreviewPositionHelper(Context context) {
-            mContext = context;
-        }
-
-        public int getCurrentRotation() {
-            return ConfigurationCompat.getWindowConfigurationRotation(
-                    mContext.getResources().getConfiguration());
-        }
-
         public Matrix getMatrix() {
             return mMatrix;
         }
@@ -436,7 +427,7 @@ public class TaskThumbnailView extends View implements PluginListener<OverviewSc
          * Updates the matrix based on the provided parameters
          */
         public void updateThumbnailMatrix(Rect thumbnailPosition, ThumbnailData thumbnailData,
-                int canvasWidth, int canvasHeight, DeviceProfile dp) {
+                int canvasWidth, int canvasHeight, DeviceProfile dp, int currentRotation) {
             boolean isRotated = false;
             boolean isOrientationDifferent;
             mClipBottom = -1;
@@ -451,7 +442,6 @@ public class TaskThumbnailView extends View implements PluginListener<OverviewSc
 
             final float thumbnailScale;
             int thumbnailRotation = thumbnailData.rotation;
-            int currentRotation = getCurrentRotation();
             int deltaRotate = getRotationDelta(currentRotation, thumbnailRotation);
 
             Rect deviceInsets = dp.getInsets();