diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/SlidingTab.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/SlidingTab.java
index f07b2f1092f69..940a2e5014cec 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/SlidingTab.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/SlidingTab.java
@@ -148,20 +148,6 @@ public class SlidingTab extends ViewGroup {
         void onGrabbedStateChange(View v, int grabbedState);
     }
 
-    // TODO: For debugging; remove after glitches debugged.
-    @Override
-    protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) {
-        int orientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
-        if (mOrientation == HORIZONTAL && orientation != Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT
-                || mOrientation == VERTICAL && orientation != Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
-            // UBER HACK ALERT.  This is a workaround for a configuration race condition between
-            // orientation changed notification and the resize notification. This just prevents
-            // us from drawing under this circumstance, though the view will still be wrong.
-            return;
-        }
-        super.dispatchDraw(canvas);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Simple container class for all things pertinent to a slider.
      * A slider consists of 3 Views:
@@ -436,7 +422,7 @@ public class SlidingTab extends ViewGroup {
         /**
          * Start animating the slider. Note we need two animations since an Animator
          * keeps internal state of the invalidation region which is just the view being animated.
-         * 
+         *
          * @param anim1
          * @param anim2
          */
@@ -674,7 +660,7 @@ public class SlidingTab extends ViewGroup {
                     resetView();
                 }
                 anim.setAnimationListener(mAnimationDoneListener);
-                
+
                 /* Animation can be the same for these since the animation just holds */
                 mLeftSlider.startAnimation(anim, anim);
                 mRightSlider.startAnimation(anim, anim);
diff --git a/core/res/res/values-land/donottranslate.xml b/core/res/res/values-land/donottranslate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..75a7b06fc1589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/res/res/values-land/donottranslate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/* //device/apps/common/assets/res/any/strings.xml
+**
+** Copyright 2009, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+<resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
+    <!-- @hide DO NOT TRANSLATE. Workaround for resource race condition in lockscreen -->
+    <bool name="lockscreen_isPortrait">false</bool>
+</resources>
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/core/res/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index 6def3bfdd1b00..78d4d36dabc42 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@
 <resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
     <!-- Default text encoding for WebSettings. -->
     <string name="default_text_encoding">Latin-1</string>
+    <!-- @hide DO NOT TRANSLATE. Workaround for resource race condition in lockscreen. -->
+    <bool name="lockscreen_isPortrait">true</bool>
 </resources>