diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/RemoteViews.java b/core/java/android/widget/RemoteViews.java
index 6dc5ff7c427a5..4a0f3509ad31d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/RemoteViews.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/RemoteViews.java
@@ -3176,7 +3176,9 @@ public class RemoteViews implements Parcelable, Filter {
         // we don't add a filter to the static version returned by getSystemService.
         inflater = inflater.cloneInContext(inflationContext);
         inflater.setFilter(this);
-        return inflater.inflate(rv.getLayoutId(), parent, false);
+        View v = inflater.inflate(rv.getLayoutId(), parent, false);
+        v.setTagInternal(R.id.widget_frame, rv.getLayoutId());
+        return v;
     }
 
     private static void loadTransitionOverride(Context context,
@@ -3354,7 +3356,7 @@ public class RemoteViews implements Parcelable, Filter {
         // across orientation change, and has the RemoteViews re-applied in the new orientation,
         // we throw an exception, since the layouts may be completely unrelated.
         if (hasLandscapeAndPortraitLayouts()) {
-            if (v.getId() != rvToApply.getLayoutId()) {
+            if ((Integer) v.getTag(R.id.widget_frame) != rvToApply.getLayoutId()) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Attempting to re-apply RemoteViews to a view that" +
                         " that does not share the same root layout id.");
             }
@@ -3390,7 +3392,7 @@ public class RemoteViews implements Parcelable, Filter {
         // across orientation change, and has the RemoteViews re-applied in the new orientation,
         // we throw an exception, since the layouts may be completely unrelated.
         if (hasLandscapeAndPortraitLayouts()) {
-            if (v.getId() != rvToApply.getLayoutId()) {
+            if ((Integer) v.getTag(R.id.widget_frame) != rvToApply.getLayoutId()) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Attempting to re-apply RemoteViews to a view that" +
                         " that does not share the same root layout id.");
             }