diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
index 59933d8e002c3..030290ff7de9e 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
@@ -6239,7 +6239,7 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
                 case UPDATE_ZOOM_RANGE: {
                     WebViewCore.RestoreState restoreState
                             = (WebViewCore.RestoreState) msg.obj;
-                    // mScrollX contains the new minPrefWidth
+                    // mScrollX contains the new contentWidth
                     updateZoomRange(restoreState, getViewWidth(),
                             restoreState.mScrollX, false);
                     break;
@@ -6262,7 +6262,7 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
                     boolean hasRestoreState = restoreState != null;
                     if (hasRestoreState) {
                         updateZoomRange(restoreState, viewSize.x,
-                                draw.mMinPrefWidth, true);
+                                draw.mWidthHeight.x, true);
                         if (!mDrawHistory) {
                             mInZoomOverview = false;
 
@@ -6324,10 +6324,12 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
                         // sMaxViewportWidth so that if the page doesn't behave
                         // well, the WebView won't go insane. limit the lower
                         // bound to match the default scale for mobile sites.
+                        // we choose the content width to be mZoomOverviewWidth.
+                        // this works for most of the sites. But some sites may
+                        // cause the page layout wider than it needs.
                         mZoomOverviewWidth = Math.min(sMaxViewportWidth, Math
-                                .max((int) (viewWidth / mDefaultScale), Math
-                                        .max(draw.mMinPrefWidth,
-                                                draw.mViewPoint.x)));
+                                .max((int) (viewWidth / mDefaultScale),
+                                        draw.mWidthHeight.x));
                     }
                     if (!mMinZoomScaleFixed) {
                         mMinZoomScale = (float) viewWidth / mZoomOverviewWidth;
@@ -6976,12 +6978,13 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
                 new InvokeListBox(array, enabledArray, selectedArray));
     }
 
+    // viewWidth/contentWidth/updateZoomOverview are only used for mobile sites
     private void updateZoomRange(WebViewCore.RestoreState restoreState,
-            int viewWidth, int minPrefWidth, boolean updateZoomOverview) {
+            int viewWidth, int contentWidth, boolean updateZoomOverview) {
         if (restoreState.mMinScale == 0) {
             if (restoreState.mMobileSite) {
-                if (minPrefWidth > Math.max(0, viewWidth)) {
-                    mMinZoomScale = (float) viewWidth / minPrefWidth;
+                if (contentWidth > Math.max(0, viewWidth)) {
+                    mMinZoomScale = (float) viewWidth / contentWidth;
                     mMinZoomScaleFixed = false;
                     if (updateZoomOverview) {
                         WebSettings settings = getSettings();
diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewCore.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewCore.java
index 410227bbf3b4e..445e7ffac9270 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewCore.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewCore.java
@@ -1705,7 +1705,6 @@ final class WebViewCore {
         Region mInvalRegion;
         Point mViewPoint;
         Point mWidthHeight;
-        int mMinPrefWidth;
         RestoreState mRestoreState; // only non-null if it is for the first
                                     // picture set after the first layout
         boolean mFocusSizeChanged;
@@ -1725,13 +1724,6 @@ final class WebViewCore {
             // layout.
             draw.mFocusSizeChanged = nativeFocusBoundsChanged();
             draw.mViewPoint = new Point(mCurrentViewWidth, mCurrentViewHeight);
-            if (mSettings.getUseWideViewPort()) {
-                draw.mMinPrefWidth = Math.max(
-                        mViewportWidth == -1 ? WebView.DEFAULT_VIEWPORT_WIDTH
-                                : (mViewportWidth == 0 ? mCurrentViewWidth
-                                        : mViewportWidth),
-                        nativeGetContentMinPrefWidth());
-            }
             if (mRestoreState != null) {
                 draw.mRestoreState = mRestoreState;
                 mRestoreState = null;
@@ -2085,7 +2077,7 @@ final class WebViewCore {
             restoreState.mDefaultScale = adjust;
             // as mViewportWidth is not 0, it is not mobile site.
             restoreState.mMobileSite = false;
-            // for non-mobile site, we don't need minPrefWidth, set it as 0
+            // for non-mobile site, we don't need contentWidth, set it as 0
             restoreState.mScrollX = 0;
             Message.obtain(mWebView.mPrivateHandler,
                     WebView.UPDATE_ZOOM_RANGE, restoreState).sendToTarget();