diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 825c0ae..18d1e9d 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -4980,12 +4980,13 @@
 
     protected void maybeDrawEmptyMessage(Canvas canvas) {
         if (mShowEmptyMessage && mEmptyTextLayout != null) {
-            // Offset to center in the visible (non-padded) part of RecentsView
-            mTempRect.set(mInsets.left + getPaddingLeft(), mInsets.top + getPaddingTop(),
-                    mInsets.right + getPaddingRight(), mInsets.bottom + getPaddingBottom());
+            // Offsets icon and text up so that the vertical center of screen (accounting for
+            // insets) is between icon and text.
+            int offset = (mEmptyIcon.getIntrinsicHeight() + mEmptyMessagePadding) / 2;
+
             canvas.save();
-            canvas.translate(getScrollX() + (mTempRect.left - mTempRect.right) / 2,
-                    (mTempRect.top - mTempRect.bottom) / 2);
+            canvas.translate(getScrollX() + (mInsets.left - mInsets.right) / 2f,
+                    (mInsets.top - mInsets.bottom) / 2f - offset);
             mEmptyIcon.draw(canvas);
             canvas.translate(mEmptyMessagePadding,
                     mEmptyIcon.getBounds().bottom + mEmptyMessagePadding);