diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/XmppActivity.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/XmppActivity.java
index 3428fe0572dc18b51983251bdd29fe2bf8128094..9a19bc4f0231e07af045ded37f3b01081d3396da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/XmppActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/XmppActivity.java
@@ -526,7 +526,9 @@ public abstract class XmppActivity extends Activity {
 			intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
 		}
 		startActivity(intent);
-		overridePendingTransition(0,0);
+		if (init) {
+			overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
+		}
 	}
 
 	protected void delegateUriPermissionsToService(Uri uri) {