diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
index 1df9df6763..bfa1769ea8 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
@@ -1080,9 +1080,10 @@ public class CellLayout extends ViewGroup {
             cellToRect(targetCell[0], targetCell[1], spanX, spanY, mTempRect);
 
             // Now get the rect in drag layer coordinates.
-            getBoundsForViewInDragLayer(launcher.getDragLayer(), workspace, mTempRect, false,
+            getBoundsForViewInDragLayer(launcher.getDragLayer(), this, mTempRect, true,
                     mTmpFloatArray, mTempRectF);
             Utilities.setRect(mTempRectF, mTempRect);
+
             ((LauncherAppWidgetHostView) view).handleDrag(mTempRect, pageId);
         }
     }
@@ -2594,7 +2595,9 @@ public class CellLayout extends ViewGroup {
         final int cellWidth = mCellWidth;
         final int cellHeight = mCellHeight;
 
-        final int hStartPadding = getPaddingLeft();
+        // We observe a shift of 1 pixel on the x coordinate compared to the actual cell coordinates
+        final int hStartPadding = getPaddingLeft()
+                + (int) Math.ceil(getUnusedHorizontalSpace() / 2f);
         final int vStartPadding = getPaddingTop();
 
         int x = hStartPadding + (cellX * mBorderSpacing) + (cellX * cellWidth);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
index 5deecd4c8a..8685aae737 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
@@ -319,11 +319,15 @@ public class LauncherAppWidgetHostView extends NavigableAppWidgetHostView
         }
 
         mIsScrollable = checkScrollableRecursively(this);
-
         if (!mIsInDragMode && getTag() instanceof LauncherAppWidgetInfo) {
+            mCurrentWidgetSize.left = left;
+            mCurrentWidgetSize.right = right;
+            mCurrentWidgetSize.top = top;
+            mCurrentWidgetSize.bottom = bottom;
+
             LauncherAppWidgetInfo info = (LauncherAppWidgetInfo) getTag();
-            getBoundsForViewInDragLayer(mLauncher.getDragLayer(), this, mCurrentWidgetSize, true,
-                    mTmpFloatArray, mTempRectF);
+            getBoundsForViewInDragLayer(mLauncher.getDragLayer(), (View) getParent(),
+                    mCurrentWidgetSize, true, mTmpFloatArray, mTempRectF);
             setRect(mTempRectF, mCurrentWidgetSize);
             updateColorExtraction(mCurrentWidgetSize,
                     mWorkspace.getPageIndexForScreenId(info.screenId));