diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
index a3b35dd7c7..6f40748825 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
@@ -3397,6 +3397,10 @@ public final class Launcher extends Activity
                 }
             });
         }
+
+        // This wasn't being called before which resulted in a leak of AppWidgetHostViews (through
+        // mDesktopItems -> AppWidgetInfo -> hostView).
+        unbindDesktopItems();
     }
 
     /**