diff --git a/res/values/id.xml b/res/values/id.xml
index 67692d8fee..78b8308cc9 100644
--- a/res/values/id.xml
+++ b/res/values/id.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 
     <item type="id" name="saved_clip_children_tag_id" />
     <item type="id" name="saved_clip_to_padding_tag_id" />
+    <item type="id" name="perform_a11y_action_on_launcher_state_normal_tag" />
 
     <item type="id" name="saved_floating_widget_foreground" />
     <item type="id" name="saved_floating_widget_background" />
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
index 257f911852..0ce966b99b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3;
 
-import static com.android.launcher3.LauncherState.NORMAL;
 import static com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DraggableView.DRAGGABLE_ICON;
 import static com.android.launcher3.icons.IconNormalizer.ICON_VISIBLE_AREA_FACTOR;
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.MultiTranslateDelegate.INDEX_REORDER_PREVIEW_OFFSET;
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DraggableView;
 import com.android.launcher3.folder.PreviewBackground;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.ItemInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.LauncherAppWidgetInfo;
-import com.android.launcher3.statemanager.StateManager;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.CellAndSpan;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.GridOccupancy;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.MSDLPlayerWrapper;
@@ -791,18 +789,8 @@ public class CellLayout extends ViewGroup {
 
             // Whenever an app is added, if Accessibility service is enabled, focus on that app.
             if (mActivity instanceof Launcher) {
-                Launcher.cast(mActivity).getStateManager().addStateListener(
-                        new StateManager.StateListener<LauncherState>() {
-                            @Override
-                            public void onStateTransitionComplete(LauncherState finalState) {
-                                if (finalState == NORMAL) {
-                                    child.performAccessibilityAction(
-                                            AccessibilityNodeInfo.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_FOCUS, null);
-                                    Launcher.cast(mActivity).getStateManager()
-                                            .removeStateListener(this);
-                                }
-                            }
-                        });
+                child.setTag(R.id.perform_a11y_action_on_launcher_state_normal_tag,
+                        AccessibilityNodeInfo.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_FOCUS);
             }
 
             if (markCells) markCellsAsOccupiedForView(child);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index cfb116147c..94ff44145b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import android.graphics.Point;
 import android.graphics.PointF;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -299,6 +300,17 @@ public class Workspace<T extends View & PageIndicator> extends PagedView<T>
     private final StatsLogManager mStatsLogManager;
 
     private final MSDLPlayerWrapper mMSDLPlayerWrapper;
+
+    private final StateManager.StateListener<LauncherState> mAccessibilityDropListener =
+            new StateListener<>() {
+                @Override
+                public void onStateTransitionComplete(LauncherState finalState) {
+                    if (finalState == NORMAL) {
+                        performAccessibilityActionOnViewTree(Workspace.this);
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
     @Nullable
     private DragController.DragListener mAccessibilityDragListener;
 
@@ -1454,11 +1466,13 @@ public class Workspace<T extends View & PageIndicator> extends PagedView<T>
         super.onAttachedToWindow();
         mWallpaperOffset.setWindowToken(getWindowToken());
         computeScroll();
+        mLauncher.getStateManager().addStateListener(mAccessibilityDropListener);
     }
 
     protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
         super.onDetachedFromWindow();
         mWallpaperOffset.setWindowToken(null);
+        mLauncher.getStateManager().removeStateListener(mAccessibilityDropListener);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -2239,16 +2253,8 @@ public class Workspace<T extends View & PageIndicator> extends PagedView<T>
                 // the order of operations in this method related to the StateListener below, please
                 // test that accessibility moves retain focus after accessibility dropping an item.
                 // Accessibility focus must be requested after launcher is back to a normal state
-                mLauncher.getStateManager().addStateListener(new StateListener<LauncherState>() {
-                    @Override
-                    public void onStateTransitionComplete(LauncherState finalState) {
-                        if (finalState == NORMAL) {
-                            cell.performAccessibilityAction(
-                                    AccessibilityNodeInfo.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_FOCUS, null);
-                            mLauncher.getStateManager().removeStateListener(this);
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
+                cell.setTag(R.id.perform_a11y_action_on_launcher_state_normal_tag,
+                        AccessibilityNodeInfo.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_FOCUS);
             }
         }
 
@@ -3580,4 +3586,22 @@ public class Workspace<T extends View & PageIndicator> extends PagedView<T>
             onEndStateTransition();
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Recursively check view tag {@link R.id.perform_a11y_action_on_launcher_state_normal_tag} and
+     * call {@link View#performAccessibilityAction(int, Bundle)} on view tree. The tag is cleared
+     * after this call.
+     */
+    private static void performAccessibilityActionOnViewTree(View view) {
+        Object tag = view.getTag(R.id.perform_a11y_action_on_launcher_state_normal_tag);
+        if (tag instanceof Integer) {
+            view.performAccessibilityAction((int) tag, null);
+            view.setTag(R.id.perform_a11y_action_on_launcher_state_normal_tag, null);
+        }
+        if (view instanceof ViewGroup viewgroup) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < viewgroup.getChildCount(); i++) {
+                performAccessibilityActionOnViewTree(viewgroup.getChildAt(i));
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }