diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
index 5695b0d5d6a..5590bf7bae3 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Fixed issue with culling layer mask of area light's emissive mesh 
 - Fixed errors when switching area light to disk shape while an area emissive mesh was displayed.
 - Fixed the transparent SSR dependency not being properly disabled according to the asset dependencies (1260271).
+- Fixed issue with completely black AO on double sided materials when normal mode is set to None.
 
 ### Changed
 - Improve MIP selection for decals on Transparents
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Lighting/ScreenSpaceLighting/GTAO.compute b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Lighting/ScreenSpaceLighting/GTAO.compute
index 0a03701f784..590a86ce0a8 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Lighting/ScreenSpaceLighting/GTAO.compute
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Lighting/ScreenSpaceLighting/GTAO.compute
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void GTAOMain(uint3 dispatchThreadId : SV_DispatchThreadID)
 
     integral /= dirCount;
 
-    if (currDepth == UNITY_RAW_FAR_CLIP_VALUE)
+    if (currDepth == UNITY_RAW_FAR_CLIP_VALUE || integral < -1e-2f)
     {
         integral = 1;
     }