diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskOverlayFactory.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskOverlayFactory.java
index 36579ec736..a59584787c 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskOverlayFactory.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskOverlayFactory.java
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ public class TaskOverlayFactory implements ResourceBasedOverride {
         public void initOverlay(Task task, ThumbnailData thumbnail, Matrix matrix,
                 boolean rotated) {
             getActionsView().updateDisabledFlags(DISABLED_NO_THUMBNAIL, thumbnail == null);
+            final boolean isAllowedByPolicy = mThumbnailView.isRealSnapshot();
 
             if (thumbnail != null) {
                 getActionsView().updateDisabledFlags(DISABLED_ROTATED, rotated);
-                final boolean isAllowedByPolicy = thumbnail.isRealSnapshot;
 
                 getActionsView().setCallbacks(new OverlayUICallbacks() {
                     @Override
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
index 607672a751..9e97a695ad 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
@@ -447,13 +447,14 @@ public class TaskThumbnailView extends View implements PluginListener<OverviewSc
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns whether the snapshot is real.
+     * Returns whether the snapshot is real. If the device is locked for the user of the task,
+     * the snapshot used will be an app-theme generated snapshot instead of a real snapshot.
      */
     public boolean isRealSnapshot() {
         if (mThumbnailData == null) {
             return false;
         }
-        return mThumbnailData.isRealSnapshot;
+        return mThumbnailData.isRealSnapshot && !mTask.isLocked;
     }
 
     /**