diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
index 6873379e8ae0f..98bd45a9ded61 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
@@ -2088,6 +2088,10 @@ public final class ActivityThread {
         return mInitialApplication;
     }
     
+    public String getProcessName() {
+        return mBoundApplication.processName;
+    }
+    
     public ApplicationContext getSystemContext() {
         synchronized (this) {
             if (mSystemContext == null) {
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Instrumentation.java b/core/java/android/app/Instrumentation.java
index f6a28b23a3a89..e31f4f834404d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Instrumentation.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Instrumentation.java
@@ -446,13 +446,13 @@ public class Instrumentation {
             if (ai == null) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Unable to resolve activity for: " + intent);
             }
-            if (!ai.applicationInfo.processName.equals(
-                    getTargetContext().getPackageName())) {
+            String myProc = mThread.getProcessName();
+            if (!ai.processName.equals(myProc)) {
                 // todo: if this intent is ambiguous, look here to see if
                 // there is a single match that is in our package.
-                throw new RuntimeException("Intent resolved to different package "
-                                           + ai.applicationInfo.packageName + ": "
-                                           + intent);
+                throw new RuntimeException("Intent in process "
+                        + myProc + " resolved to different process "
+                        + ai.processName + ": " + intent);
             }
     
             intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(