diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationRecord.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationRecord.java
index 77f278b3c8e665011f6ddfd1962f3053e48b4ee7..f2d2eac17ffc9ffb13c61442b582e7424456488d 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationRecord.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationRecord.java
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ public final class NotificationRecord {
                 if ((notification.defaults & Notification.DEFAULT_LIGHTS) != 0) {
                     light = new Light(defaultLightColor, defaultLightOn,
                             defaultLightOff);
+                } else if (light.color == 0) {
+                    // User has requested color 0.  However, lineage-sdk interprets
+                    // color 0 as "supply a default" therefore adjust alpha to make
+                    // the color still black but non-zero.
+                    light = new Light(0x01000000, light.onMs, light.offMs);
                 }
             } else {
                 light = null;