diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/applications/RunningState.java b/src/com/android/settings/applications/RunningState.java
index 9f92b0aa08f..5797dfa401e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/applications/RunningState.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/applications/RunningState.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.android.settings.users.UserUtils;
 
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.ActivityManagerNative;
+import android.app.ActivityThread;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageItemInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.ServiceInfo;
 import android.content.pm.UserInfo;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.os.Handler;
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ public class RunningState {
             }
         }
 
-        boolean updateService(Context userContext, ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo service) {
-            final PackageManager pm = userContext.getPackageManager();
+        boolean updateService(Context context, ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo service) {
+            final PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
 
             boolean changed = false;
             ServiceItem si = mServices.get(service.service);
@@ -459,9 +459,10 @@ public class RunningState {
                 si = new ServiceItem(mUserId);
                 si.mRunningService = service;
                 try {
-                    si.mServiceInfo = pm.getServiceInfo(service.service,
-                            PackageManager.GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES);
-                } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
+                    si.mServiceInfo = ActivityThread.getPackageManager().getServiceInfo(
+                            service.service, PackageManager.GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES,
+                            UserHandle.getUserId(service.uid));
+                } catch (RemoteException e) {
                 }
                 si.mDisplayLabel = makeLabel(pm,
                         si.mRunningService.service.getClassName(), si.mServiceInfo);
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ public class RunningState {
                 try {
                     Resources clientr = pm.getResourcesForApplication(service.clientPackage);
                     String label = clientr.getString(service.clientLabel);
-                    si.mDescription = userContext.getResources().getString(
+                    si.mDescription = context.getResources().getString(
                             R.string.service_client_name, label);
                 } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
                     si.mDescription = null;
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ public class RunningState {
                     si.mShownAsStarted = true;
                     changed = true;
                 }
-                si.mDescription = userContext.getResources().getString(
+                si.mDescription = context.getResources().getString(
                         R.string.service_started_by_app);
             }
             
@@ -903,15 +904,6 @@ public class RunningState {
         for (int i=0; i<NS; i++) {
             ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo si = services.get(i);
 
-            final Context userContext;
-            try {
-                userContext = context.createPackageContextAsUser(
-                        "android", 0, new UserHandle(UserHandle.getUserId(si.uid)));
-            } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
-                // Should always have "android" package
-                throw new RuntimeException(e);
-            }
-
             // If this service's process is in use at a higher importance
             // due to another process bound to one of its services, then we
             // won't put it in the top-level list of services.  Instead we
@@ -953,7 +945,7 @@ public class RunningState {
             ProcessItem proc = procs.get(si.process);
             if (proc == null) {
                 changed = true;
-                proc = new ProcessItem(userContext, si.uid, si.process);
+                proc = new ProcessItem(context, si.uid, si.process);
                 procs.put(si.process, proc);
             }
             
@@ -974,7 +966,7 @@ public class RunningState {
                 proc.mDependentProcesses.clear();
                 proc.mCurSeq = mSequence;
             }
-            changed |= proc.updateService(userContext, si);
+            changed |= proc.updateService(context, si);
         }
         
         // Now update the map of other processes that are running (but