diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index a57e9d9e2f..6e9c5a0dfd 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ public final class LauncherInstrumentation {
         if (sCheckingEvents) {
             sCheckingEvents = false;
             if (checkEvents) {
-                final String eventMismatch = sEventChecker.verify(0);
+                final String eventMismatch = sEventChecker.verify(0, false);
                 if (eventMismatch != null) {
                     message = message + ", having produced " + eventMismatch;
                 }
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ public final class LauncherInstrumentation {
             if (sCheckingEvents) {
                 sCheckingEvents = false;
                 if (mCheckEventsForSuccessfulGestures) {
-                    final String message = sEventChecker.verify(WAIT_TIME_MS);
+                    final String message = sEventChecker.verify(WAIT_TIME_MS, true);
                     if (message != null) {
                         checkForAnomaly();
                         Assert.fail(formatSystemHealthMessage(
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LogEventChecker.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LogEventChecker.java
index bbba4fb6c6..ac90b1b76e 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LogEventChecker.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LogEventChecker.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class LogEventChecker {
         Log.d(TestProtocol.TAPL_EVENTS_TAG, mFinishCommand);
     }
 
-    String verify(long waitForExpectedCountMs) {
+    String verify(long waitForExpectedCountMs, boolean successfulGesture) {
         finishSync(waitForExpectedCountMs);
 
         final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ public class LogEventChecker {
             List<String> actual = new ArrayList<>(mEvents.getNonNull(sequence));
             Log.d(SKIP_EVENTS_TAG, "Verifying events");
             final int mismatchPosition = getMismatchPosition(expectedEvents.getValue(), actual);
-            hasMismatches = hasMismatches || mismatchPosition != -1;
+            hasMismatches = hasMismatches
+                    || mismatchPosition != -1 && !ignoreMistatch(successfulGesture, sequence);
             formatSequenceWithMismatch(
                     sb,
                     sequence,
@@ -190,7 +191,8 @@ public class LogEventChecker {
         // Check for unexpected event sequences in the actual data.
         for (String actualNamedSequence : mEvents.keySet()) {
             if (!mExpectedEvents.containsKey(actualNamedSequence)) {
-                hasMismatches = true;
+                hasMismatches = hasMismatches
+                        || !ignoreMistatch(successfulGesture, actualNamedSequence);
                 formatSequenceWithMismatch(
                         sb,
                         actualNamedSequence,
@@ -203,6 +205,11 @@ public class LogEventChecker {
         return hasMismatches ? "mismatching events: " + sb.toString() : null;
     }
 
+    // Workaround for b/154157191
+    private static boolean ignoreMistatch(boolean successfulGesture, String sequence) {
+        return TestProtocol.SEQUENCE_TIS.equals(sequence) && successfulGesture;
+    }
+
     // If the list of actual events matches the list of expected events, returns -1, otherwise
     // the position of the mismatch.
     private static int getMismatchPosition(List<Pattern> expected, List<String> actual) {