diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
index 21872b9147..2518c6c66c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ public class AppsCustomizePagedView extends PagedViewWithDraggableItems implemen
         mLauncher.getWorkspace().beginDragShared(v, this);
     }
 
-    private void loadWidgetInBackground(final PendingAddWidgetInfo info) {
+    private void preloadWidget(final PendingAddWidgetInfo info) {
         final AppWidgetProviderInfo pInfo = info.info;
         if (pInfo.configure != null) {
             return;
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ public class AppsCustomizePagedView extends PagedViewWithDraggableItems implemen
         // We are anticipating a long press, and we use this time to load bind and instantiate
         // the widget. This will need to be cleaned up if it turns out no long press occurs.
         mCreateWidgetInfo = new PendingAddWidgetInfo((PendingAddWidgetInfo) v.getTag());
-        loadWidgetInBackground(mCreateWidgetInfo);
+        preloadWidget(mCreateWidgetInfo);
     }
 
     private void cleanupWidgetPreloading() {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
index fd9cc57265..3910c45cfe 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
@@ -2244,6 +2244,8 @@ public class Workspace extends SmoothPagedView
                     CellLayout.LayoutParams lp = (CellLayout.LayoutParams) cell.getLayoutParams();
                     mTargetCell[0] = lp.cellX;
                     mTargetCell[1] = lp.cellY;
+                    CellLayout layout = (CellLayout) cell.getParent().getParent();
+                    layout.markCellsAsOccupiedForView(cell);
                 }
             }