diff --git a/core/java/android/app/SearchDialog.java b/core/java/android/app/SearchDialog.java
index 8a9cca7fdd58e..f776452a945fe 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/SearchDialog.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/SearchDialog.java
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ public class SearchDialog extends Dialog implements OnItemClickListener, OnItemS
         mSearchAutoComplete.setAdapter((SuggestionsAdapter)null);
         // close any leftover cursor
         if (mSuggestionsAdapter != null) {
-            mSuggestionsAdapter.changeCursor(null);
+            mSuggestionsAdapter.close();
         }
         mSuggestionsAdapter = null;
     }
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/SuggestionsAdapter.java b/core/java/android/app/SuggestionsAdapter.java
index 52e4a1f255a2f..90f8c503607b3 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/SuggestionsAdapter.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/SuggestionsAdapter.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class SuggestionsAdapter extends ResourceCursorAdapter {
     private WeakHashMap<String, Drawable.ConstantState> mOutsideDrawablesCache;
     private SparseArray<Drawable.ConstantState> mBackgroundsCache;
     private boolean mGlobalSearchMode;
+    private boolean mClosed = false;
 
     // Cached column indexes, updated when the cursor changes.
     private int mFormatCol;
@@ -199,6 +200,12 @@ class SuggestionsAdapter extends ResourceCursorAdapter {
         }
     }
 
+    public void close() {
+        if (DBG) Log.d(LOG_TAG, "close()");
+        changeCursor(null);
+        mClosed = true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Cache columns.
      */
@@ -206,6 +213,12 @@ class SuggestionsAdapter extends ResourceCursorAdapter {
     public void changeCursor(Cursor c) {
         if (DBG) Log.d(LOG_TAG, "changeCursor(" + c + ")");
 
+        if (mClosed) {
+            Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Tried to change cursor after adapter was closed.");
+            if (c != null) c.close();
+            return;
+        }
+
         try {
             Cursor oldCursor = getCursor();
             super.changeCursor(c);