diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 324aaecf0e..5e90e0b93f 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<T extends BaseActivity> extends PagedView impl
 
     public void init(OverviewActionsView actionsView) {
         mActionsView = actionsView;
+        mActionsView.updateHiddenFlags(HIDDEN_NO_TASKS, getTaskViewCount() == 0);
     }
 
     @Override