diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
index 6acd66523c552..65d6eb9762f5c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ public final class ActivityThread {
         }
 
         public PackageInfo(ActivityThread activityThread, String name,
-                Context systemContext) {
+                Context systemContext, ApplicationInfo info) {
             mActivityThread = activityThread;
-            mApplicationInfo = new ApplicationInfo();
+            mApplicationInfo = info != null ? info : new ApplicationInfo();
             mApplicationInfo.packageName = name;
             mPackageName = name;
             mAppDir = null;
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ public final class ActivityThread {
             if (mSystemContext == null) {
                 ApplicationContext context =
                     ApplicationContext.createSystemContext(this);
-                PackageInfo info = new PackageInfo(this, "android", context);
+                PackageInfo info = new PackageInfo(this, "android", context, null);
                 context.init(info, null, this);
                 context.getResources().updateConfiguration(
                         getConfiguration(), getDisplayMetricsLocked(false));
@@ -2214,6 +2214,13 @@ public final class ActivityThread {
         return mSystemContext;
     }
 
+    public void installSystemApplicationInfo(ApplicationInfo info) {
+        synchronized (this) {
+            ApplicationContext context = getSystemContext();
+            context.init(new PackageInfo(this, "android", context, info), null, this);
+        }
+    }
+
     void scheduleGcIdler() {
         if (!mGcIdlerScheduled) {
             mGcIdlerScheduled = true;
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index 961796c6843e3..02f91c4a38f3b 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -1221,6 +1221,8 @@ public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative implemen
             ApplicationInfo info =
                 mSelf.mContext.getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo(
                         "android", STOCK_PM_FLAGS);
+            mSystemThread.installSystemApplicationInfo(info);
+       
             synchronized (mSelf) {
                 ProcessRecord app = mSelf.newProcessRecordLocked(
                         mSystemThread.getApplicationThread(), info,