diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index 7c15abc..b3fe8f6 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -3193,6 +3193,7 @@
             if (task.userId == tr.userId
                     && ((task.affinity != null && task.affinity.equals(tr.affinity))
                     || (task.intent != null && task.intent.filterEquals(tr.intent)))) {
+                tr.disposeThumbnail();
                 mRecentTasks.remove(i);
                 i--;
                 N--;
@@ -3204,7 +3205,7 @@
             }
         }
         if (N >= MAX_RECENT_TASKS) {
-            mRecentTasks.remove(N-1);
+            mRecentTasks.remove(N-1).disposeThumbnail();
         }
         mRecentTasks.add(0, task);
     }
@@ -6738,6 +6739,7 @@
     }
 
     private void cleanUpRemovedTaskLocked(TaskRecord tr, int flags) {
+        tr.disposeThumbnail();
         mRecentTasks.remove(tr);
         mStackSupervisor.removeTask(tr);
         final boolean killProcesses = (flags&ActivityManager.REMOVE_TASK_KILL_PROCESS) != 0;
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java b/services/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
index 385253e..3d568ff 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@
         }
     }
 
+    void disposeThumbnail() {
+        super.disposeThumbnail();
+        for (int i=mActivities.size()-1; i>=0; i--) {
+            ThumbnailHolder thumb = mActivities.get(i).thumbHolder;
+            if (thumb != this) {
+                thumb.disposeThumbnail();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     ActivityRecord getTopActivity() {
         for (int i = mActivities.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
             final ActivityRecord r = mActivities.get(i);
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ThumbnailHolder.java b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ThumbnailHolder.java
index 02f4fcb..a6974f5 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ThumbnailHolder.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ThumbnailHolder.java
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@
 public class ThumbnailHolder {
     Bitmap lastThumbnail;         // Last thumbnail captured for this item.
     CharSequence lastDescription; // Last description captured for this item.
+
+    void disposeThumbnail() {
+        lastThumbnail = null;
+        lastDescription = null;
+    }
 }