diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/TaskViewDismissTouchController.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/TaskViewDismissTouchController.kt
index 06e6734a37..3c22c22ff3 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/TaskViewDismissTouchController.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/TaskViewDismissTouchController.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsViewContainer
 import com.android.quickstep.views.TaskView
 import com.google.android.msdl.data.model.MSDLToken
 import kotlin.math.abs
+import kotlin.math.ceil
 
 /** Touch controller for handling task view card dismiss swipes */
 class TaskViewDismissTouchController<CONTAINER>(
@@ -135,12 +136,16 @@ CONTAINER : RecentsViewContainer {
                             container.dragLayer
                         )
                     // Dismiss length as bottom of task so it is fully off screen when dismissed.
+                    // Take into account the recents scale when fully zoomed out on dismiss.
                     it.getThumbnailBounds(tempTaskThumbnailBounds, relativeToDragLayer = true)
                     dismissLength =
-                        recentsView.pagedOrientationHandler.getTaskDismissLength(
-                            secondaryLayerDimension,
-                            tempTaskThumbnailBounds,
-                        )
+                        ceil(
+                                recentsView.pagedOrientationHandler.getTaskDismissLength(
+                                    secondaryLayerDimension,
+                                    tempTaskThumbnailBounds,
+                                ) / RECENTS_SCALE_ON_DISMISS_SUCCESS
+                            )
+                            .toInt()
                     verticalFactor =
                         recentsView.pagedOrientationHandler.getTaskDismissVerticalDirection()
                 }