diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.java
index 3946d1cb6cec9..ada30acc68cf2 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.java
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ public class RecentsPanelView extends FrameLayout implements OnItemClickListener
             if (mPopup != null) {
                 mPopup.dismiss();
             }
-            ((RecentsActivity) mContext).moveTaskToBack(true);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStack.java b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStack.java
index e994c23b35308..064b3a8cdedf7 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStack.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStack.java
@@ -2910,6 +2910,19 @@ final class ActivityStack {
         mWindowManager.prepareAppTransition(transit, false);
     }
 
+    void moveHomeTaskToTop() {
+        final int top = mTaskHistory.size() - 1;
+        for (int taskNdx = top; taskNdx >= 0; --taskNdx) {
+            final TaskRecord task = mTaskHistory.get(taskNdx);
+            if (task.isHomeTask()) {
+                mTaskHistory.remove(taskNdx);
+                mTaskHistory.add(top, task);
+                mWindowManager.moveTaskToTop(task.taskId);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     final boolean findTaskToMoveToFrontLocked(int taskId, int flags, Bundle options) {
         final TaskRecord task = taskForIdLocked(taskId);
         if (task != null) {
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
index 3e0b5eb04ba76..e0eb2c431ce7e 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ public final class ActivityStackSupervisor {
         if (prev != null) {
             prev.mLaunchHomeTaskNext = false;
         }
+        mHomeStack.moveHomeTaskToTop();
         ActivityRecord r = mHomeStack.topRunningActivityLocked(null);
         if (r != null) {
             mService.setFocusedActivityLocked(r);
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java b/services/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
index 63793fa906fff..479665c973d3e 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/am/TaskRecord.java
@@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ final class TaskRecord extends ThumbnailHolder {
         return subtask.activity;
     }
 
+    boolean isHomeTask() {
+        return mTaskType == ActivityRecord.HOME_ACTIVITY_TYPE;
+    }
+
     boolean isApplicationTask() {
         return mTaskType == ActivityRecord.APPLICATION_ACTIVITY_TYPE;
     }