diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
index 74614cc8a7036..d814ddcc7f27d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
@@ -4919,18 +4919,27 @@ public final class ActivityThread {
     }
 
     void handleApplicationInfoChanged(@NonNull final ApplicationInfo ai) {
+        // Updates triggered by package installation go through a package update
+        // receiver. Here we try to capture ApplicationInfo changes that are
+        // caused by other sources, such as overlays. That means we want to be as conservative
+        // about code changes as possible. Take the diff of the old ApplicationInfo and the new
+        // to see if anything needs to change.
         synchronized (mResourcesManager) {
             // Update all affected loaded packages with new package information
             WeakReference<LoadedApk> ref = mPackages.get(ai.packageName);
             LoadedApk apk = ref != null ? ref.get() : null;
             if (apk != null) {
-                apk.updateApplicationInfo(ai, null);
+                final ArrayList<String> oldPaths = new ArrayList<>();
+                LoadedApk.makePaths(this, apk.getApplicationInfo(), oldPaths, null /*outLibPaths*/);
+                apk.updateApplicationInfo(ai, oldPaths);
             }
 
             ref = mResourcePackages.get(ai.packageName);
             apk = ref != null ? ref.get() : null;
             if (apk != null) {
-                apk.updateApplicationInfo(ai, null);
+                final ArrayList<String> oldPaths = new ArrayList<>();
+                LoadedApk.makePaths(this, apk.getApplicationInfo(), oldPaths, null /*outLibPaths*/);
+                apk.updateApplicationInfo(ai, oldPaths);
             }
 
             // Update all affected Resources objects to use new ResourcesImpl
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java b/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java
index db1162a3cbb3a..4ab07432ad1f0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package android.app;
 
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -262,7 +264,15 @@ public final class LoadedApk {
         return ai.sharedLibraryFiles;
     }
 
-    public void updateApplicationInfo(ApplicationInfo aInfo, List<String> oldPaths) {
+    /**
+     * Update the ApplicationInfo for an app. If oldPaths is null, all the paths are considered
+     * new.
+     * @param aInfo The new ApplicationInfo to use for this LoadedApk
+     * @param oldPaths The code paths for the old ApplicationInfo object. null means no paths can
+     *                 be reused.
+     */
+    public void updateApplicationInfo(@NonNull ApplicationInfo aInfo,
+            @Nullable List<String> oldPaths) {
         setApplicationInfo(aInfo);
 
         final List<String> newPaths = new ArrayList<>();