diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/util/StaggeredWorkspaceAnim.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/util/StaggeredWorkspaceAnim.java
index ebc9f96394..70903935bf 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/util/StaggeredWorkspaceAnim.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/util/StaggeredWorkspaceAnim.java
@@ -121,8 +121,11 @@ public class StaggeredWorkspaceAnim {
                 addStaggeredAnimationForView(child, grid.inv.numRows + 1, totalRows);
             }
 
-            View qsb = launcher.findViewById(R.id.search_container_all_apps);
-            addStaggeredAnimationForView(qsb, grid.inv.numRows + 2, totalRows);
+            if (launcher.getAppsView().getSearchUiManager()
+                    .isQsbVisible(NORMAL.getVisibleElements(launcher))) {
+                addStaggeredAnimationForView(launcher.getAppsView().getSearchView(),
+                        grid.inv.numRows + 2, totalRows);
+            }
         }
 
         if (animateOverviewScrim) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/SearchUiManager.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/SearchUiManager.java
index 34bf636cb4..7d5363f269 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/SearchUiManager.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/SearchUiManager.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package com.android.launcher3.allapps;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.LauncherState.ALL_APPS_HEADER;
+
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
@@ -56,6 +58,13 @@ public interface SearchUiManager {
     void setContentVisibility(int visibleElements, PropertySetter setter,
             Interpolator interpolator);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the QSB should be visible for the given set of visible elements
+     */
+    default boolean isQsbVisible(int visibleElements) {
+        return (visibleElements & ALL_APPS_HEADER) != 0;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called to control how the search UI result should be handled.
      *
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/search/AppsSearchContainerLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/search/AppsSearchContainerLayout.java
index e72e1a8bc1..356c52ca39 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/search/AppsSearchContainerLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/search/AppsSearchContainerLayout.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import static android.view.View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
 import static android.view.View.MeasureSpec.getSize;
 import static android.view.View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec;
 
-import static com.android.launcher3.LauncherState.ALL_APPS_HEADER;
 import static com.android.launcher3.Utilities.prefixTextWithIcon;
 import static com.android.launcher3.icons.IconNormalizer.ICON_VISIBLE_AREA_FACTOR;
 
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ public class AppsSearchContainerLayout extends ExtendedEditText
     @Override
     public void setContentVisibility(int visibleElements, PropertySetter setter,
             Interpolator interpolator) {
-        setter.setViewAlpha(this, (visibleElements & ALL_APPS_HEADER) != 0 ? 1 : 0, interpolator);
+        setter.setViewAlpha(this, isQsbVisible(visibleElements) ? 1 : 0, interpolator);
     }
 
     @Override