diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/TaskViewTouchController.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/TaskViewTouchController.java
index 0ee5d047c6..7bae2e5d86 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/TaskViewTouchController.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/TaskViewTouchController.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.animation.Animator;
 import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView;
 import com.android.launcher3.BaseDraggingActivity;
@@ -206,14 +207,19 @@ public abstract class TaskViewTouchController<T extends BaseDraggingActivity>
         long maxDuration = 2 * secondaryLayerDimension;
         int verticalFactor = orientationHandler.getTaskDragDisplacementFactor(mIsRtl);
         int secondaryTaskDimension = orientationHandler.getSecondaryDimension(mTaskBeingDragged);
+        // The interpolator controlling the most prominent visual movement. We use this to determine
+        // whether we passed SUCCESS_TRANSITION_PROGRESS.
+        final Interpolator currentInterpolator;
         if (goingUp) {
+            currentInterpolator = Interpolators.LINEAR;
             mPendingAnimation = mRecentsView.createTaskDismissAnimation(mTaskBeingDragged,
                     true /* animateTaskView */, true /* removeTask */, maxDuration);
 
             mEndDisplacement = -secondaryTaskDimension;
         } else {
+            currentInterpolator = Interpolators.ZOOM_IN;
             mPendingAnimation = mRecentsView.createTaskLaunchAnimation(
-                    mTaskBeingDragged, maxDuration, Interpolators.ZOOM_IN);
+                    mTaskBeingDragged, maxDuration, currentInterpolator);
 
             // Since the thumbnail is what is filling the screen, based the end displacement on it.
             View thumbnailView = mTaskBeingDragged.getThumbnail();
@@ -228,6 +234,9 @@ public abstract class TaskViewTouchController<T extends BaseDraggingActivity>
         }
         mCurrentAnimation = mPendingAnimation.createPlaybackController()
                 .setOnCancelRunnable(this::clearState);
+        // Setting this interpolator doesn't affect the visual motion, but is used to determine
+        // whether we successfully reached the target state in onDragEnd().
+        mCurrentAnimation.getTarget().setInterpolator(currentInterpolator);
         onUserControlledAnimationCreated(mCurrentAnimation);
         mCurrentAnimation.getTarget().addListener(this);
         mCurrentAnimation.dispatchOnStart();