diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/users/UserSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/users/UserSettings.java
index 255b85fe0bf..3a43f269f49 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/users/UserSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/users/UserSettings.java
@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@ public class UserSettings extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
     private void onAddSupervisedUserClicked() {
         final Intent intent = new Intent()
                 .setAction(UserManager.ACTION_CREATE_SUPERVISED_USER)
-                .setPackage(mConfigSupervisedUserCreationPackage);
+                .setPackage(mConfigSupervisedUserCreationPackage)
+                .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
 
         // TODO(b/209659998): [to-be-removed] fallback activity for supervised user creation.
         if (getActivity().getPackageManager().resolveActivity(intent, 0) == null) {
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/users/UserSettingsTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/users/UserSettingsTest.java
index 5c13e2f8de6..2c694ace881 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/users/UserSettingsTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/users/UserSettingsTest.java
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ public class UserSettingsTest {
     public void onPreferenceClick_addSupervisedUserClicked_startIntentWithAction() {
         final String intentPackage = "testPackage";
         final String intentAction = UserManager.ACTION_CREATE_SUPERVISED_USER;
+        final int intentFlags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK;
         final int metricsAction = SettingsEnums.ACTION_USER_SUPERVISED_ADD;
         try {
             setConfigSupervisedUserCreationPackage(intentPackage);
@@ -676,6 +677,7 @@ public class UserSettingsTest {
             verify(mFragment).startActivity(captor.capture());
             assertThat(captor.getValue().getPackage()).isEqualTo(intentPackage);
             assertThat(captor.getValue().getAction()).isEqualTo(intentAction);
+            assertThat(captor.getValue().getFlags() & intentFlags).isGreaterThan(0);
 
             verify(mMetricsFeatureProvider).action(any(), eq(metricsAction));
         } finally {