diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index 18f33a2..9c550cc 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@
                     mInstrumentation.getUiAutomation().executeAndWaitForEvent(
                             command, eventFilter, WAIT_TIME_MS);
             assertNotNull("executeAndWaitForEvent returned null (this can't happen)", event);
-            return event.getParcelableData();
+            final Parcelable parcelableData = event.getParcelableData();
+            event.recycle();
+            return parcelableData;
         } catch (TimeoutException e) {
             fail(message.get());
             return null;