diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Widgets.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Widgets.java
index 6f847e9c77..39ac6454b0 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Widgets.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Widgets.java
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ public final class Widgets extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
     }
 
     public Widget getWidget(String labelText) {
-        try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c = mLauncher.addContextLayer(
-                "getting widget " + labelText + " in widgets list")) {
+        try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable e = mLauncher.eventsCheck();
+             LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c = mLauncher.addContextLayer(
+                     "getting widget " + labelText + " in widgets list")) {
             final UiObject2 widgetsContainer = verifyActiveContainer();
             mLauncher.assertTrue("Widgets container didn't become scrollable",
                     widgetsContainer.wait(Until.scrollable(true), WAIT_TIME_MS));
@@ -119,17 +120,17 @@ public final class Widgets extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
                         maxWidth = Math.max(mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(sibling).width(), maxWidth);
                     }
 
-                    int visibleDelta = maxWidth - mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(widget).width();
-                    if (visibleDelta > 0) {
-                        Rect parentBounds = mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(cell);
-                        mLauncher.linearGesture(parentBounds.centerX() + visibleDelta
-                                        + mLauncher.getTouchSlop(),
-                                parentBounds.centerY(), parentBounds.centerX(),
-                                parentBounds.centerY(), 10, true, GestureScope.INSIDE);
-                    }
-
                     if (mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(widget).bottom
                             <= displaySize.y - mLauncher.getBottomGestureSize()) {
+                        int visibleDelta = maxWidth - mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(widget).width();
+                        if (visibleDelta > 0) {
+                            Rect parentBounds = mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(cell);
+                            mLauncher.linearGesture(parentBounds.centerX() + visibleDelta
+                                            + mLauncher.getTouchSlop(),
+                                    parentBounds.centerY(), parentBounds.centerX(),
+                                    parentBounds.centerY(), 10, true, GestureScope.INSIDE);
+                        }
+
                         return new Widget(mLauncher, widget);
                     }
                 }