diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/datausage/AppDataUsagePreference.java b/src/com/android/settings/datausage/AppDataUsagePreference.java
index 6770e9eceaf..35f1fe2f2fa 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/datausage/AppDataUsagePreference.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/datausage/AppDataUsagePreference.java
@@ -15,38 +15,46 @@
 package com.android.settings.datausage;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.os.AsyncTask;
 import android.support.v7.preference.Preference;
 import android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceViewHolder;
 import android.text.format.Formatter;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.ProgressBar;
+
+import com.android.settings.R;
 import com.android.settingslib.AppItem;
 import com.android.settingslib.net.UidDetail;
 import com.android.settingslib.net.UidDetailProvider;
-
-import static com.android.internal.util.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import com.android.settingslib.utils.ThreadUtils;
 
 public class AppDataUsagePreference extends Preference {
 
     private final AppItem mItem;
     private final int mPercent;
+    private UidDetail mDetail;
 
     public AppDataUsagePreference(Context context, AppItem item, int percent,
             UidDetailProvider provider) {
         super(context);
         mItem = item;
         mPercent = percent;
-        setLayoutResource(com.android.settings.R.layout.data_usage_item);
-        setWidgetLayoutResource(com.android.settings.R.layout.widget_progress_bar);
+        setLayoutResource(R.layout.data_usage_item);
+        setWidgetLayoutResource(R.layout.widget_progress_bar);
+
         if (item.restricted && item.total <= 0) {
             setSummary(com.android.settings.R.string.data_usage_app_restricted);
         } else {
             setSummary(Formatter.formatFileSize(context, item.total));
         }
-
-        // kick off async load of app details
-        UidDetailTask.bindView(provider, item, this);
+        mDetail = provider.getUidDetail(item.key, false /* blocking */);
+        if (mDetail != null) {
+            setAppInfo();
+        } else {
+            ThreadUtils.postOnBackgroundThread(() -> {
+                mDetail = provider.getUidDetail(mItem.key, true /* blocking */);
+                ThreadUtils.postOnMainThread(() -> setAppInfo());
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -64,59 +72,17 @@ public class AppDataUsagePreference extends Preference {
         progress.setProgress(mPercent);
     }
 
+    private void setAppInfo() {
+        if (mDetail != null) {
+            setIcon(mDetail.icon);
+            setTitle(mDetail.label);
+        } else {
+            setIcon(null);
+            setTitle(null);
+        }
+    }
+
     public AppItem getItem() {
         return mItem;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Background task that loads {@link UidDetail}, binding to
-     * {@link DataUsageAdapter} row item when finished.
-     */
-    private static class UidDetailTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, UidDetail> {
-        private final UidDetailProvider mProvider;
-        private final AppItem mItem;
-        private final AppDataUsagePreference mTarget;
-
-        private UidDetailTask(UidDetailProvider provider, AppItem item,
-                AppDataUsagePreference target) {
-            mProvider = checkNotNull(provider);
-            mItem = checkNotNull(item);
-            mTarget = checkNotNull(target);
-        }
-
-        public static void bindView(UidDetailProvider provider, AppItem item,
-                AppDataUsagePreference target) {
-            final UidDetail cachedDetail = provider.getUidDetail(item.key, false);
-            if (cachedDetail != null) {
-                bindView(cachedDetail, target);
-            } else {
-                new UidDetailTask(provider, item, target).execute();
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static void bindView(UidDetail detail, Preference target) {
-            if (detail != null) {
-                target.setIcon(detail.icon);
-                target.setTitle(detail.label);
-            } else {
-                target.setIcon(null);
-                target.setTitle(null);
-            }
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected void onPreExecute() {
-            bindView(null, mTarget);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected UidDetail doInBackground(Void... params) {
-            return mProvider.getUidDetail(mItem.key, true);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected void onPostExecute(UidDetail result) {
-            bindView(result, mTarget);
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/datausage/AppDataUsagePreferenceTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/datausage/AppDataUsagePreferenceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15ca6e4acfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/datausage/AppDataUsagePreferenceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.datausage;
+
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
+
+import com.android.settings.TestConfig;
+import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
+import com.android.settings.testutils.shadow.ShadowThreadUtils;
+import com.android.settingslib.AppItem;
+import com.android.settingslib.net.UidDetail;
+import com.android.settingslib.net.UidDetailProvider;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+
+@RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
+@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION,
+        shadows = ShadowThreadUtils.class)
+public class AppDataUsagePreferenceTest {
+
+    @Mock
+    private UidDetailProvider mUidDetailProvider;
+    private AppItem mAppItem;
+    private UidDetail mUidDetail;
+
+    private AppDataUsagePreference mPreference;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+        mAppItem = new AppItem(123);
+        mUidDetail = new UidDetail();
+        mUidDetail.icon = new ColorDrawable(Color.BLUE);
+        mUidDetail.label = "title";
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void createPref_hasCachedUidDetail_shouldSetAppInfo() {
+        when(mUidDetailProvider.getUidDetail(mAppItem.key, false /* blocking */))
+                .thenReturn(mUidDetail);
+
+        mPreference = new AppDataUsagePreference(RuntimeEnvironment.application, mAppItem,
+                50 /* percent */, mUidDetailProvider);
+
+        assertThat(mPreference.getTitle()).isEqualTo(mUidDetail.label);
+        assertThat(mPreference.getIcon()).isEqualTo(mUidDetail.icon);
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void createPref_noCachedUidDetail_shouldSetAppInfo() {
+        when(mUidDetailProvider.getUidDetail(mAppItem.key, true /* blocking */))
+                .thenReturn(mUidDetail);
+
+        mPreference = new AppDataUsagePreference(RuntimeEnvironment.application, mAppItem,
+                50 /* percent */, mUidDetailProvider);
+
+        assertThat(mPreference.getTitle()).isEqualTo(mUidDetail.label);
+        assertThat(mPreference.getIcon()).isEqualTo(mUidDetail.icon);
+    }
+}