diff --git a/libs/hwui/PathCache.cpp b/libs/hwui/PathCache.cpp
index a3d70197cb0ff..302d1a920750c 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/PathCache.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/PathCache.cpp
@@ -493,7 +493,9 @@ void PathCache::precache(const SkPath* path, const SkPaint* paint) {
         if (mProcessor == NULL) {
             mProcessor = new PathProcessor(Caches::getInstance());
         }
-        mProcessor->add(task);
+        if (!mProcessor->add(task)) {
+            mProcessor->process(task);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/TessellationCache.cpp b/libs/hwui/TessellationCache.cpp
index 1e38f9e9e615f..bc956be8a0596 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/TessellationCache.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/TessellationCache.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,9 @@ void TessellationCache::precacheShadows(const Matrix4* drawTransform, const Rect
     if (mShadowProcessor == NULL) {
         mShadowProcessor = new ShadowProcessor(Caches::getInstance());
     }
-    mShadowProcessor->add(task);
+    if (!mShadowProcessor->add(task)) {
+        mShadowProcessor->process(task);
+    }
 
     task->incStrong(NULL); // not using sp<>s, so manually ref while in the cache
     mShadowCache.put(key, task.get());
@@ -421,7 +423,9 @@ TessellationCache::Buffer* TessellationCache::getOrCreateBuffer(
         if (mProcessor == NULL) {
             mProcessor = new TessellationProcessor(Caches::getInstance());
         }
-        mProcessor->add(task);
+        if (!mProcessor->add(task)) {
+            mProcessor->process(task);
+        }
         mCache.put(entry, buffer);
     }
     return buffer;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/thread/TaskManager.cpp b/libs/hwui/thread/TaskManager.cpp
index 3c30aab8ad80c..c69b2fd563838 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/thread/TaskManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/thread/TaskManager.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ bool TaskManager::WorkerThread::threadLoop() {
 bool TaskManager::WorkerThread::addTask(TaskWrapper task) {
     if (!isRunning()) {
         run(mName.string(), PRIORITY_DEFAULT);
+    } else if (exitPending()) {
+        return false;
     }
 
     Mutex::Autolock l(mLock);
@@ -120,10 +122,6 @@ size_t TaskManager::WorkerThread::getTaskCount() const {
 }
 
 void TaskManager::WorkerThread::exit() {
-    {
-        Mutex::Autolock l(mLock);
-        mTasks.clear();
-    }
     requestExit();
     mSignal.signal();
 }
diff --git a/libs/hwui/thread/TaskProcessor.h b/libs/hwui/thread/TaskProcessor.h
index d1269f0bd55a5..30b37192d9b08 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/thread/TaskProcessor.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/thread/TaskProcessor.h
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ public:
     TaskProcessorBase() { }
     virtual ~TaskProcessorBase() { };
 
-private:
-    friend class TaskManager;
-
     virtual void process(const sp<TaskBase>& task) = 0;
 };
 
@@ -44,9 +41,6 @@ public:
 
     bool add(const sp<Task<T> >& task);
 
-    virtual void onProcess(const sp<Task<T> >& task) = 0;
-
-private:
     virtual void process(const sp<TaskBase>& task) {
         sp<Task<T> > realTask = static_cast<Task<T>* >(task.get());
         // This is the right way to do it but sp<> doesn't play nice
@@ -54,6 +48,8 @@ private:
         onProcess(realTask);
     }
 
+    virtual void onProcess(const sp<Task<T> >& task) = 0;
+
     TaskManager* mManager;
 };