diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Activity.java b/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
index f7884a742b038..cc76854adca94 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
@@ -2098,7 +2098,15 @@ public class Activity extends ContextThemeWrapper
         Object activity = onRetainNonConfigurationInstance();
         HashMap<String, Object> children = onRetainNonConfigurationChildInstances();
         FragmentManagerNonConfig fragments = mFragments.retainNestedNonConfig();
+
+        // We're already stopped but we've been asked to retain.
+        // Our fragments are taken care of but we need to mark the loaders for retention.
+        // In order to do this correctly we need to restart the loaders first before
+        // handing them off to the next activity.
+        mFragments.doLoaderStart();
+        mFragments.doLoaderStop(true);
         ArrayMap<String, LoaderManager> loaders = mFragments.retainLoaderNonConfig();
+
         if (activity == null && children == null && fragments == null && loaders == null
                 && mVoiceInteractor == null) {
             return null;
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/FragmentHostCallback.java b/core/java/android/app/FragmentHostCallback.java
index cf6b1147aba04..e1d713626e2e1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/FragmentHostCallback.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/FragmentHostCallback.java
@@ -308,15 +308,22 @@ public abstract class FragmentHostCallback<E> extends FragmentContainer {
     ArrayMap<String, LoaderManager> retainLoaderNonConfig() {
         boolean retainLoaders = false;
         if (mAllLoaderManagers != null) {
-            // prune out any loader managers that were already stopped and so
-            // have nothing useful to retain.
+            // Restart any loader managers that were already stopped so that they
+            // will be ready to retain
             final int N = mAllLoaderManagers.size();
             LoaderManagerImpl loaders[] = new LoaderManagerImpl[N];
             for (int i=N-1; i>=0; i--) {
                 loaders[i] = (LoaderManagerImpl) mAllLoaderManagers.valueAt(i);
             }
+            final boolean doRetainLoaders = getRetainLoaders();
             for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
                 LoaderManagerImpl lm = loaders[i];
+                if (!lm.mRetaining && doRetainLoaders) {
+                    if (!lm.mStarted) {
+                        lm.doStart();
+                    }
+                    lm.doRetain();
+                }
                 if (lm.mRetaining) {
                     retainLoaders = true;
                 } else {
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/FragmentManager.java b/core/java/android/app/FragmentManager.java
index 8369f17c877f1..b1dda7f2a3fd6 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/FragmentManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/FragmentManager.java
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ final class FragmentManagerImpl extends FragmentManager implements LayoutInflate
                             if (!f.mRetaining) {
                                 f.performDestroy();
                             } else {
-                                f.mState = Fragment.CREATED;
+                                f.mState = Fragment.INITIALIZING;
                             }
 
                             f.mCalled = false;