diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/preferences/Preferences.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/preferences/Preferences.kt
index 5be2bac0fadf..258ff3e2cc06 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/preferences/Preferences.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/preferences/Preferences.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
 import com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
 import com.ichi2.anki.R
 import com.ichi2.anki.SingleFragmentActivity
+import com.ichi2.anki.utils.ext.sharedPrefs
 import com.ichi2.anki.utils.isWindowCompact
 import com.ichi2.utils.FragmentFactoryUtils
 import timber.log.Timber
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ class PreferencesFragment :
         fragment.arguments = pref.extras
         childFragmentManager.commit {
             replace(R.id.settings_container, fragment, fragment::class.jvmName)
-            setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN)
+            setOpenTransition(this)
             addToBackStack(null)
         }
         return true
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class PreferencesFragment :
         parentFragmentManager.popBackStack() // clear the search fragment from the backstack
         childFragmentManager.commit {
             replace(R.id.settings_container, fragment, fragment.javaClass.name)
-            setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN)
+            setOpenTransition(this)
             addToBackStack(fragment.javaClass.name)
         }
 
@@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ class PreferencesFragment :
         view?.findViewById<MaterialToolbar>(R.id.toolbar)?.title = title
     }
 
+    private fun setOpenTransition(fragmentTransaction: FragmentTransaction) {
+        if (!sharedPrefs().getBoolean("safeDisplay", false)) {
+            fragmentTransaction.setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN)
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Starts the first settings fragment, which by default is [HeaderFragment].
      * The initial fragment may be overridden by putting the java class name