diff --git a/tests/DumpRenderTree/src/com/android/dumprendertree/TestShellActivity.java b/tests/DumpRenderTree/src/com/android/dumprendertree/TestShellActivity.java
index 34c6e0b7f523f..90f03dd586b9e 100644
--- a/tests/DumpRenderTree/src/com/android/dumprendertree/TestShellActivity.java
+++ b/tests/DumpRenderTree/src/com/android/dumprendertree/TestShellActivity.java
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ public class TestShellActivity extends Activity implements LayoutTestController
     @Override
     public void onLowMemory() {
         super.onLowMemory();
-        Log.e(LOGTAG, "Low memory, kill self");
-        System.exit(1);
+        Log.e(LOGTAG, "Low memory, clearing caches");
+        mWebView.freeMemory();
     }
 
     // Dump the page