diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
index 358d36dbe2b34..705eb6a0bce63 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
@@ -1491,6 +1491,7 @@ public class ActivityStackSupervisor extends ConfigurationContainer implements D
 
             // This is the first time we failed -- restart process and
             // retry.
+            r.launchFailed = true;
             app.activities.remove(r);
             throw e;
         }