diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index 9fa2773ec0041..54a6a5c4ff4e5 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative
                 TAG, "Death received in " + this
                 + " for thread " + mAppThread.asBinder());
             synchronized(ActivityManagerService.this) {
-                appDiedLocked(mApp, mPid, mAppThread);
+                appDiedLocked(mApp, mPid, mAppThread, true);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -4688,10 +4688,11 @@ public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative
     }
 
     final void appDiedLocked(ProcessRecord app) {
-       appDiedLocked(app, app.pid, app.thread);
+       appDiedLocked(app, app.pid, app.thread, false);
     }
 
-    final void appDiedLocked(ProcessRecord app, int pid, IApplicationThread thread) {
+    final void appDiedLocked(ProcessRecord app, int pid, IApplicationThread thread,
+            boolean fromBinderDied) {
         // First check if this ProcessRecord is actually active for the pid.
         synchronized (mPidsSelfLocked) {
             ProcessRecord curProc = mPidsSelfLocked.get(pid);
@@ -4707,7 +4708,9 @@ public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative
         }
 
         if (!app.killed) {
-            Process.killProcessQuiet(pid);
+            if (!fromBinderDied) {
+                Process.killProcessQuiet(pid);
+            }
             Process.killProcessGroup(app.info.uid, pid);
             app.killed = true;
         }