diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsActivity.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsActivity.java
index 7b8ec4d886..e0e20ee27e 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsActivity.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsActivity.java
@@ -89,9 +89,13 @@ public final class RecentsActivity extends BaseRecentsActivity {
             int taskID = intent.getIntExtra(EXTRA_TASK_ID, 0);
             IBinder thumbnail = intent.getExtras().getBinder(EXTRA_THUMBNAIL);
             if (taskID != 0 && thumbnail instanceof ObjectWrapper) {
-                ThumbnailData thumbnailData = ((ObjectWrapper<ThumbnailData>) thumbnail).get();
+                ObjectWrapper<ThumbnailData> obj = (ObjectWrapper<ThumbnailData>) thumbnail;
+                ThumbnailData thumbnailData = obj.get();
                 mFallbackRecentsView.showCurrentTask(taskID);
                 mFallbackRecentsView.updateThumbnail(taskID, thumbnailData);
+                // Clear the ref since any reference to the extras on the system side will still
+                // hold a reference to the wrapper
+                obj.clear();
             }
         }
         intent.removeExtra(EXTRA_TASK_ID);
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 56c2dd5dbd..6e7214e108 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -485,6 +485,11 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<T extends BaseActivity> extends PagedView impl
     public void setOverviewStateEnabled(boolean enabled) {
         mOverviewStateEnabled = enabled;
         updateTaskStackListenerState();
+        if (!enabled) {
+            // Reset the running task when leaving overview since it can still have a reference to
+            // its thumbnail
+            mTmpRunningTask = null;
+        }
     }
 
     public void onDigitalWellbeingToastShown() {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ObjectWrapper.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ObjectWrapper.java
index b69243117a..e5b4707074 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ObjectWrapper.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ObjectWrapper.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import android.os.IBinder;
  */
 public class ObjectWrapper<T> extends Binder {
 
-    private final T mObject;
+    private T mObject;
 
     public ObjectWrapper(T object) {
         mObject = object;
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ public class ObjectWrapper<T> extends Binder {
         return mObject;
     }
 
+    public void clear() {
+        mObject = null;
+    }
+
     public static IBinder wrap(Object obj) {
         return new ObjectWrapper<>(obj);
     }