diff --git a/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/drawer/SettingsDrawerActivity.java b/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/drawer/SettingsDrawerActivity.java
index e6e0243c53e177ad47df4a90a7872faebe1cac0c..7f18ece298365bca55a2ab5eb04468298ef2304f 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/drawer/SettingsDrawerActivity.java
+++ b/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/drawer/SettingsDrawerActivity.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class SettingsDrawerActivity extends Activity {
             filter.addDataScheme("package");
             registerReceiver(mPackageReceiver, filter);
 
-            new CategoriesUpdater().execute();
+            new CategoriesUpdater().executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR);
         }
         final Intent intent = getIntent();
         if (intent != null) {
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public class SettingsDrawerActivity extends Activity {
                     ? PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED
                     : PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED,
                     PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);
-            new CategoriesUpdater().execute();
+            new CategoriesUpdater().executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR);
         }
     }
 
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ public class SettingsDrawerActivity extends Activity {
     private class PackageReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
         @Override
         public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
-            new CategoriesUpdater().execute();
+            new CategoriesUpdater().executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR);
         }
     }
 }