diff --git a/core/java/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.java b/core/java/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.java
index 53e089656f951..df6cc731c9036 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.java
@@ -508,6 +508,22 @@ public class DevicePolicyManager {
         }
         return false;
     }
+    /**
+     * Return true if the given administrator component is currently being removed
+     * for the user.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public boolean isRemovingAdmin(ComponentName who, int userId) {
+        if (mService != null) {
+            try {
+                return mService.isRemovingAdmin(who, userId);
+            } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                Log.w(TAG, "Failed talking with device policy service", e);
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Return a list of all currently active device administrator's component
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/admin/IDevicePolicyManager.aidl b/core/java/android/app/admin/IDevicePolicyManager.aidl
index d144ae846c188..0ca60c0065759 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/admin/IDevicePolicyManager.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/app/admin/IDevicePolicyManager.aidl
@@ -196,4 +196,6 @@ interface IDevicePolicyManager {
 
     void setAutoTimeRequired(in ComponentName who, int userHandle, boolean required);
     boolean getAutoTimeRequired();
+
+    boolean isRemovingAdmin(in ComponentName adminReceiver, int userHandle);
 }
diff --git a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
index 54cca9b0c4058..c033a9a118e77 100644
--- a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
+++ b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
@@ -266,6 +265,8 @@ public class DevicePolicyManagerService extends IDevicePolicyManager.Stub {
                 = new HashMap<ComponentName, ActiveAdmin>();
         final ArrayList<ActiveAdmin> mAdminList
                 = new ArrayList<ActiveAdmin>();
+        final ArrayList<ComponentName> mRemovingAdmins
+                = new ArrayList<ComponentName>();
 
         // This is the list of component allowed to start lock task mode.
         final List<String> mLockTaskPackages = new ArrayList<String>();
@@ -1213,6 +1214,9 @@ public class DevicePolicyManagerService extends IDevicePolicyManager.Stub {
     void removeActiveAdminLocked(final ComponentName adminReceiver, int userHandle) {
         final ActiveAdmin admin = getActiveAdminUncheckedLocked(adminReceiver, userHandle);
         if (admin != null) {
+            synchronized (this) {
+                getUserData(userHandle).mRemovingAdmins.add(adminReceiver);
+            }
             sendAdminCommandLocked(admin,
                     DeviceAdminReceiver.ACTION_DEVICE_ADMIN_DISABLED,
                     new BroadcastReceiver() {
@@ -1232,9 +1236,10 @@ public class DevicePolicyManagerService extends IDevicePolicyManager.Stub {
                                 }
                                 saveSettingsLocked(userHandle);
                                 updateMaximumTimeToLockLocked(policy);
+                                policy.mRemovingAdmins.remove(adminReceiver);
                             }
                         }
-            });
+                    });
         }
     }
 
@@ -1799,6 +1804,18 @@ public class DevicePolicyManagerService extends IDevicePolicyManager.Stub {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRemovingAdmin(ComponentName adminReceiver, int userHandle) {
+        if (!mHasFeature) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        enforceCrossUserPermission(userHandle);
+        synchronized (this) {
+            DevicePolicyData policyData = getUserData(userHandle);
+            return policyData.mRemovingAdmins.contains(adminReceiver);
+        }
+    }
+
     public boolean hasGrantedPolicy(ComponentName adminReceiver, int policyId, int userHandle) {
         if (!mHasFeature) {
             return false;
@@ -4102,6 +4119,10 @@ public class DevicePolicyManagerService extends IDevicePolicyManager.Stub {
                         ap.dump("    ", pw);
                     }
                 }
+                if (!policy.mRemovingAdmins.isEmpty()) {
+                    p.println("  Removing Device Admins (User " + policy.mUserHandle + "): "
+                            + policy.mRemovingAdmins);
+                }
 
                 pw.println(" ");
                 pw.print("  mPasswordOwner="); pw.println(policy.mPasswordOwner);