diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
index de2a1f9..e500e59 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
@@ -1651,8 +1651,19 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private ItemConfiguration findConfigurationNoShuffle(int pixelX, int pixelY, int minSpanX, int minSpanY,
-            int spanX, int spanY, View dragView, ItemConfiguration solution) {
+    /**
+     * Returns a "reorder" where we simply drop the item in the closest empty space, without moving
+     * any other item in the way.
+     *
+     * @param pixelX X coordinate in pixels in the screen
+     * @param pixelY Y coordinate in pixels in the screen
+     * @param spanX horizontal cell span
+     * @param spanY vertical cell span
+     * @return the configuration that represents the found reorder
+     */
+    private ItemConfiguration closestEmptySpaceReorder(int pixelX, int pixelY, int minSpanX,
+            int minSpanY, int spanX, int spanY) {
+        ItemConfiguration solution = new ItemConfiguration();
         int[] result = new int[2];
         int[] resultSpan = new int[2];
         findNearestVacantArea(pixelX, pixelY, minSpanX, minSpanY, spanX, spanY, result,
@@ -1697,7 +1708,7 @@
 
     boolean isNearestDropLocationOccupied(int pixelX, int pixelY, int spanX, int spanY,
             View dragView, int[] result) {
-        result = findNearestArea(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, result);
+        result = findNearestAreaIgnoreOccupied(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, result);
         getViewsIntersectingRegion(result[0], result[1], spanX, spanY, dragView, null,
                 mIntersectingViews);
         return !mIntersectingViews.isEmpty();
@@ -2247,7 +2258,8 @@
         //TODO(adamcohen) b/151776141 use the items visual center for the direction vector
         int[] targetDestination = new int[2];
 
-        findNearestArea(dragViewCenterX, dragViewCenterY, spanX, spanY, targetDestination);
+        findNearestAreaIgnoreOccupied(dragViewCenterX, dragViewCenterY, spanX, spanY,
+                targetDestination);
         Rect dragRect = new Rect();
         cellToRect(targetDestination[0], targetDestination[1], spanX, spanY, dragRect);
         dragRect.offset(dragViewCenterX - dragRect.centerX(), dragViewCenterY - dragRect.centerY());
@@ -2400,7 +2412,7 @@
         // We find the nearest cell into which we would place the dragged item, assuming there's
         // nothing in its way.
         int result[] = new int[2];
-        result = findNearestArea(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, result);
+        result = findNearestAreaIgnoreOccupied(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, result);
 
         boolean success;
         // First we try the exact nearest position of the item being dragged,
@@ -2445,19 +2457,21 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a "reorder" where we simply drop the item in the closest empty space, without moving
-     * any other item in the way.
+     * Returns a "reorder" if there is empty space without rearranging anything.
      *
      * @param pixelX X coordinate in pixels in the screen
      * @param pixelY Y coordinate in pixels in the screen
      * @param spanX horizontal cell span
      * @param spanY vertical cell span
+     * @param dragView view being dragged in reorder
      * @return the configuration that represents the found reorder
      */
-    public ItemConfiguration closestEmptySpaceReorder(int pixelX, int pixelY, int spanX,
-            int spanY) {
+    public ItemConfiguration dropInPlaceSolution(int pixelX, int pixelY, int spanX,
+            int spanY, View dragView) {
         int[] result = new int[2];
-        result = findNearestArea(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, result);
+        if (isNearestDropLocationOccupied(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, dragView, result)) {
+            result[0] = result[1] = -1;
+        }
         ItemConfiguration solution = new ItemConfiguration();
         copyCurrentStateToSolution(solution, false);
         solution.isSolution = result[0] != -1;
@@ -2490,25 +2504,25 @@
             int spanX, int spanY, View dragView) {
         getDirectionVectorForDrop(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, dragView, mDirectionVector);
 
-        ItemConfiguration closestSpaceSolution = closestEmptySpaceReorder(pixelX, pixelY, spanX,
-                spanY);
+        ItemConfiguration dropInPlaceSolution = dropInPlaceSolution(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY,
+                dragView);
 
         // Find a solution involving pushing / displacing any items in the way
         ItemConfiguration swapSolution = findReorderSolution(pixelX, pixelY, minSpanX, minSpanY,
                 spanX,  spanY, mDirectionVector, dragView,  true,  new ItemConfiguration());
 
         // We attempt the approach which doesn't shuffle views at all
-        ItemConfiguration noShuffleSolution = findConfigurationNoShuffle(pixelX, pixelY, minSpanX,
-                minSpanY, spanX, spanY, dragView, new ItemConfiguration());
+        ItemConfiguration closestSpaceSolution = closestEmptySpaceReorder(pixelX, pixelY, minSpanX,
+                minSpanY, spanX, spanY);
 
         // If the reorder solution requires resizing (shrinking) the item being dropped, we instead
         // favor a solution in which the item is not resized, but
-        if (swapSolution.isSolution && swapSolution.area() >= noShuffleSolution.area()) {
+        if (swapSolution.isSolution && swapSolution.area() >= closestSpaceSolution.area()) {
             return swapSolution;
-        } else if (noShuffleSolution.isSolution) {
-            return noShuffleSolution;
         } else if (closestSpaceSolution.isSolution) {
             return closestSpaceSolution;
+        } else if (dropInPlaceSolution.isSolution) {
+            return dropInPlaceSolution;
         }
         return null;
     }
@@ -2665,7 +2679,8 @@
      * @return The X, Y cell of a vacant area that can contain this object,
      *         nearest the requested location.
      */
-    public int[] findNearestArea(int pixelX, int pixelY, int spanX, int spanY, int[] result) {
+    public int[] findNearestAreaIgnoreOccupied(int pixelX, int pixelY, int spanX, int spanY,
+            int[] result) {
         return findNearestArea(pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, spanX, spanY, true, result, null);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index 27e1ba1..b31db82 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -2615,7 +2615,6 @@
                 setDragMode(DRAG_MODE_REORDER);
             }
 
-            boolean resize = resultSpan[0] != spanX || resultSpan[1] != spanY;
             mDragTargetLayout.visualizeDropLocation(mTargetCell[0], mTargetCell[1],
                     resultSpan[0], resultSpan[1], dragObject);
         }
@@ -2972,7 +2971,7 @@
      */
     @Thunk int[] findNearestArea(int pixelX, int pixelY,
             int spanX, int spanY, CellLayout layout, int[] recycle) {
-        return layout.findNearestArea(
+        return layout.findNearestAreaIgnoreOccupied(
                 pixelX, pixelY, spanX, spanY, recycle);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/FolderPagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/FolderPagedView.java
index efd511d..b87ab17 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/FolderPagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/FolderPagedView.java
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
     public int findNearestArea(int pixelX, int pixelY) {
         int pageIndex = getNextPage();
         CellLayout page = getPageAt(pageIndex);
-        page.findNearestArea(pixelX, pixelY, 1, 1, sTmpArray);
+        page.findNearestAreaIgnoreOccupied(pixelX, pixelY, 1, 1, sTmpArray);
         if (mFolder.isLayoutRtl()) {
             sTmpArray[0] = page.getCountX() - sTmpArray[0] - 1;
         }