diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index a5ebb52..123f657 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -3550,7 +3550,12 @@
             if (widgetId != -1) {
                 mQsb = mAppWidgetHost.createView(this, widgetId, searchProvider);
                 mQsb.setId(R.id.qsb_widget);
-                mQsb.updateAppWidgetOptions(opts);
+                if (!Utilities.containsAll(
+                        AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this).getAppWidgetOptions(widgetId), opts)) {
+                    // Launcher should not be updating the options often.
+                    FileLog.d(TAG, "Options for QSB were not same");
+                    mQsb.updateAppWidgetOptions(opts);
+                }
                 mQsb.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 0);
                 mSearchDropTargetBar.addView(mQsb);
                 mSearchDropTargetBar.setQsbSearchBar(mQsb);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index e3b959b..00ee387 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -869,6 +869,26 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns true if {@param original} contains all entries defined in {@param updates} and
+     * have the same value.
+     * The comparison uses {@link Object#equals(Object)} to compare the values.
+     */
+    public static boolean containsAll(Bundle original, Bundle updates) {
+        for (String key : updates.keySet()) {
+            Object value1 = updates.get(key);
+            Object value2 = original.get(key);
+            if (value1 == null) {
+                if (value2 != null) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            } else if (!value1.equals(value2)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * An extension of {@link BitmapDrawable} which returns the bitmap pixel size as intrinsic size.
      * This allows the badging to be done based on the action bitmap size rather than
      * the scaled bitmap size.