diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsModel.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsModel.java
index b796951..f2b6005 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsModel.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsModel.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import static android.os.Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND;
 
 import static com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableGridOnlyOverview;
+import static com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableRefactorTaskThumbnail;
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.Executors.MAIN_EXECUTOR;
 import static com.android.quickstep.TaskUtils.checkCurrentOrManagedUserId;
 
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
         mIconCache = iconCache;
         mIconCache.registerTaskVisualsChangeListener(this);
         mThumbnailCache = thumbnailCache;
-        if (enableGridOnlyOverview()) {
+        if (isCachePreloadingEnabled()) {
             mCallbacks = new ComponentCallbacks() {
                 @Override
                 public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration configuration) {
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@
      * highResLoadingState is enabled
      */
     public void preloadCacheIfNeeded() {
-        if (!enableGridOnlyOverview()) {
+        if (!isCachePreloadingEnabled()) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@
      * Updates cache size and preloads more tasks if cache size increases
      */
     public void updateCacheSizeAndPreloadIfNeeded() {
-        if (!enableGridOnlyOverview()) {
+        if (!isCachePreloadingEnabled()) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -387,6 +388,10 @@
         mTaskStackChangeListeners.unregisterTaskStackListener(this);
     }
 
+    private boolean isCachePreloadingEnabled() {
+        return enableGridOnlyOverview() || enableRefactorTaskThumbnail();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Listener for receiving running tasks changes
      */