diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
index e66d441912..531d335686 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
@@ -2544,21 +2544,21 @@ public class CellLayout extends ViewGroup {
         if (result == null) {
             result = new int[]{-1, -1};
         }
-        ItemConfiguration finalSolution;
-        // When we are checking drop validity or actually dropping, we don't recompute the
-        // direction vector, since we want the solution to match the preview, and it's possible
-        // that the exact position of the item has changed to result in a new reordering outcome.
-        if ((mode == MODE_ON_DROP || mode == MODE_ON_DROP_EXTERNAL || mode == MODE_ACCEPT_DROP)
-                && mPreviousSolution != null) {
+
+        ItemConfiguration finalSolution = null;
+        // We want the solution to match the animation of the preview and to match the drop so we
+        // only recalculate in mode MODE_SHOW_REORDER_HINT because that the first one to run in the
+        // reorder cycle.
+        if (mode == MODE_SHOW_REORDER_HINT || mPreviousSolution == null) {
+            finalSolution = calculateReorder(pixelX, pixelY, minSpanX, minSpanY, spanX, spanY,
+                    dragView);
+            mPreviousSolution = finalSolution;
+        } else {
             finalSolution = mPreviousSolution;
             // We reset this vector after drop
             if (mode == MODE_ON_DROP || mode == MODE_ON_DROP_EXTERNAL) {
                 mPreviousSolution = null;
             }
-        } else {
-            finalSolution = calculateReorder(pixelX, pixelY, minSpanX, minSpanY, spanX, spanY,
-                    dragView);
-            mPreviousSolution = finalSolution;
         }
 
         if (finalSolution == null || !finalSolution.isSolution) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index 8f07a0df53..27e1ba143b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -2384,23 +2384,20 @@ public class Workspace<T extends View & PageIndicator> extends PagedView<T>
         final View child = (mDragInfo == null) ? null : mDragInfo.cell;
         int reorderX = mTargetCell[0];
         int reorderY = mTargetCell[1];
-        if (!nearestDropOccupied) {
-            mDragTargetLayout.performReorder((int) mDragViewVisualCenter[0],
-                    (int) mDragViewVisualCenter[1], minSpanX, minSpanY, item.spanX, item.spanY,
-                    child, mTargetCell, new int[2], CellLayout.MODE_SHOW_REORDER_HINT);
-            mDragTargetLayout.visualizeDropLocation(mTargetCell[0], mTargetCell[1],
-                    item.spanX, item.spanY, d);
-        } else if ((mDragMode == DRAG_MODE_NONE || mDragMode == DRAG_MODE_REORDER)
-                && !mReorderAlarm.alarmPending()
+        if ((mDragMode == DRAG_MODE_NONE || mDragMode == DRAG_MODE_REORDER)
                 && (mLastReorderX != reorderX || mLastReorderY != reorderY)
                 && targetCellDistance < mDragTargetLayout.getReorderRadius(mTargetCell, item.spanX,
                 item.spanY)) {
-
-            int[] resultSpan = new int[2];
             mDragTargetLayout.performReorder((int) mDragViewVisualCenter[0],
                     (int) mDragViewVisualCenter[1], minSpanX, minSpanY, item.spanX, item.spanY,
-                    child, mTargetCell, resultSpan, CellLayout.MODE_SHOW_REORDER_HINT);
+                    child, mTargetCell, new int[2], CellLayout.MODE_SHOW_REORDER_HINT);
+        }
 
+        if (!nearestDropOccupied) {
+            mDragTargetLayout.visualizeDropLocation(mTargetCell[0], mTargetCell[1],
+                    item.spanX, item.spanY, d);
+        } else if ((mDragMode == DRAG_MODE_NONE || mDragMode == DRAG_MODE_REORDER)
+                && !mReorderAlarm.alarmPending()) {
             // Otherwise, if we aren't adding to or creating a folder and there's no pending
             // reorder, then we schedule a reorder
             ReorderAlarmListener listener = new ReorderAlarmListener(mDragViewVisualCenter,