diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/AppWidgetsRestoredReceiver.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/AppWidgetsRestoredReceiver.java
index 0250c36..d949141 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/AppWidgetsRestoredReceiver.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/AppWidgetsRestoredReceiver.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.database.Cursor;
-import android.os.Handler;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Favorites;
@@ -34,16 +33,8 @@
 
             final int[] oldIds = intent.getIntArrayExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS);
             final int[] newIds = intent.getIntArrayExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS);
-            if (oldIds.length == newIds.length) {
-                final PendingResult asyncResult = goAsync();
-                new Handler(LauncherModel.getWorkerLooper())
-                        .postAtFrontOfQueue(new Runnable() {
-                            @Override
-                            public void run() {
-                                restoreAppWidgetIds(context, oldIds, newIds);
-                                asyncResult.finish();
-                            }
-                        });
+            if (oldIds != null && newIds != null && oldIds.length == newIds.length) {
+                RestoreDbTask.setRestoredAppWidgetIds(context, oldIds, newIds);
             } else {
                 Log.e(TAG, "Invalid host restored received");
             }
@@ -54,7 +45,7 @@
      * Updates the app widgets whose id has changed during the restore process.
      */
     @WorkerThread
-    static void restoreAppWidgetIds(Context context, int[] oldWidgetIds, int[] newWidgetIds) {
+    public static void restoreAppWidgetIds(Context context, int[] oldWidgetIds, int[] newWidgetIds) {
         AppWidgetHost appWidgetHost = new LauncherAppWidgetHost(context);
         if (FeatureFlags.GO_DISABLE_WIDGETS) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Skipping widget ID remap as widgets not supported");
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
index f830301..6ad5c36 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@
             mOpenHelper = new DatabaseHelper(getContext(), mListenerHandler);
 
             if (RestoreDbTask.isPending(getContext())) {
-                if (!RestoreDbTask.performRestore(mOpenHelper, new BackupManager(getContext()))) {
+                if (!RestoreDbTask.performRestore(getContext(), mOpenHelper,
+                        new BackupManager(getContext()))) {
                     mOpenHelper.createEmptyDB(mOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase());
                 }
                 // Set is pending to false irrespective of the result, so that it doesn't get
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index 5cfd95c..02fc84b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -652,4 +653,23 @@
             return null;
         }
     }
+
+    public static int[] getIntArrayFromString(String tokenized) {
+        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(tokenized, ",");
+        int[] array = new int[tokenizer.countTokens()];
+        int count = 0;
+        while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
+            array[count] = Integer.parseInt(tokenizer.nextToken());
+            count++;
+        }
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    public static String getStringFromIntArray(int[] array) {
+        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int value : array) {
+            str.append(value).append(",");
+        }
+        return str.toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
index 053c493..3c0c5fd 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
@@ -16,18 +16,23 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3.provider;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.Utilities.getIntArrayFromString;
+import static com.android.launcher3.Utilities.getStringFromIntArray;
 import static com.android.launcher3.provider.LauncherDbUtils.dropTable;
 
 import android.app.backup.BackupManager;
 import android.content.ContentValues;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
-import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.UserHandle;
 import android.util.LongSparseArray;
 import android.util.SparseLongArray;
 
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+import com.android.launcher3.AppWidgetsRestoredReceiver;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAppWidgetInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherProvider.DatabaseHelper;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Favorites;
@@ -53,10 +58,16 @@
     private static final String INFO_COLUMN_NAME = "name";
     private static final String INFO_COLUMN_DEFAULT_VALUE = "dflt_value";
 
-    public static boolean performRestore(DatabaseHelper helper, BackupManager backupManager) {
+    private static final String APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS = "appwidget_old_ids";
+    private static final String APPWIDGET_IDS = "appwidget_ids";
+
+    public static boolean performRestore(Context context, DatabaseHelper helper,
+            BackupManager backupManager) {
         SQLiteDatabase db = helper.getWritableDatabase();
         try (SQLiteTransaction t = new SQLiteTransaction(db)) {
-            new RestoreDbTask().sanitizeDB(helper, db, backupManager);
+            RestoreDbTask task = new RestoreDbTask();
+            task.sanitizeDB(helper, db, backupManager);
+            task.restoreAppWidgetIdsIfExists(context);
             t.commit();
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -230,4 +241,27 @@
         FileLog.d(TAG, "Restore data received through full backup " + isPending);
         Utilities.getPrefs(context).edit().putBoolean(RESTORE_TASK_PENDING, isPending).commit();
     }
+
+    private void restoreAppWidgetIdsIfExists(Context context) {
+        SharedPreferences prefs = Utilities.getPrefs(context);
+        if (prefs.contains(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS) && prefs.contains(APPWIDGET_IDS)) {
+            AppWidgetsRestoredReceiver.restoreAppWidgetIds(context,
+                    getIntArrayFromString(prefs.getString(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS, "")),
+                    getIntArrayFromString(prefs.getString(APPWIDGET_IDS, "")));
+        } else {
+            FileLog.d(TAG, "No app widget ids to restore.");
+        }
+
+        prefs.edit().remove(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS)
+                .remove(APPWIDGET_IDS).apply();
+    }
+
+    public static void setRestoredAppWidgetIds(Context context, @NonNull int[] oldIds,
+            @NonNull int[] newIds) {
+        Utilities.getPrefs(context).edit()
+                .putString(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS, getStringFromIntArray(oldIds))
+                .putString(APPWIDGET_IDS, getStringFromIntArray(newIds))
+                .commit();
+    }
+
 }