diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index 1060a94c23..c22a6bf3fd 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -2078,6 +2078,10 @@ public class Launcher extends Activity
         return mWorkspaceLoading || mWaitingForResult;
     }
 
+    public boolean isWorkspaceLoading() {
+        return mWorkspaceLoading;
+    }
+
     private void resetAddInfo() {
         mPendingAddInfo.container = ItemInfo.NO_ID;
         mPendingAddInfo.screenId = -1;
@@ -3771,6 +3775,8 @@ public class Launcher extends Activity
      * Implementation of the method from LauncherModel.Callbacks.
      */
     public void startBinding() {
+        mWorkspaceLoading = true;
+
         // If we're starting binding all over again, clear any bind calls we'd postponed in
         // the past (see waitUntilResume) -- we don't need them since we're starting binding
         // from scratch again
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index 50d29ed296..7e01232371 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -863,6 +863,12 @@ public class Workspace extends SmoothPagedView
         // Log to disk
         Launcher.addDumpLog(TAG, "11683562 - stripEmptyScreens()", true);
 
+        if (isWorkspaceLoading()) {
+            // Don't strip empty screens if the workspace is still loading
+            Launcher.addDumpLog(TAG, "    - workspace loading, skip", true);
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (isPageMoving()) {
             mStripScreensOnPageStopMoving = true;
             return;