diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java
index c3c1bca..a1e1f76 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java
@@ -147,10 +147,12 @@
     }
 
     private VectorDrawable(VectorDrawableState state, Resources res, Theme theme) {
-        mVectorState = new VectorDrawableState(state);
-
-        if (theme != null && canApplyTheme()) {
+        if (theme != null && state.canApplyTheme()) {
+            // If we need to apply a theme, implicitly mutate.
+            mVectorState = new VectorDrawableState(state);
             applyTheme(theme);
+        } else {
+            mVectorState = state;
         }
 
         mTintFilter = updateTintFilter(mTintFilter, state.mTint, state.mTintMode);
diff --git a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/AndroidManifest.xml b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/AndroidManifest.xml
index db2efc3..890214f 100644
--- a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
         <activity
+            android:name="BitmapDrawableDupe"
+            android:label="Bitmap Performance of clones" >
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+
+                <category android:name="com.android.test.dynamic.TEST" />
+            </intent-filter>
+
+        </activity>
+        <activity
             android:name="VectorDrawableAnimation"
             android:label="VectorTestAnimation" >
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable-nodpi/bitmap_drawable01.jpg b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable-nodpi/bitmap_drawable01.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc8c197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable-nodpi/bitmap_drawable01.jpg
Binary files differ
diff --git a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/src/com/android/test/dynamic/BitmapDrawableDupe.java b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/src/com/android/test/dynamic/BitmapDrawableDupe.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36c8f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/src/com/android/test/dynamic/BitmapDrawableDupe.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package com.android.test.dynamic;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+import android.widget.Button;
+import android.widget.GridLayout;
+import android.widget.ScrollView;
+
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+
+@SuppressWarnings({"UnusedDeclaration"})
+public class BitmapDrawableDupe extends Activity {
+    private static final String LOGCAT = "VectorDrawable1";
+    protected int[] icon = {
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+            R.drawable.bitmap_drawable01,
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        ScrollView scrollView = new ScrollView(this);
+        GridLayout container = new GridLayout(this);
+        scrollView.addView(container);
+        container.setColumnCount(5);
+        container.setBackgroundColor(0xFF888888);
+
+        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
+        long time =  android.os.SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNanos();
+        for (int i = 0; i < icon.length; i++) {
+            Button button = new Button(this);
+            button.setWidth(200);
+            button.setBackgroundResource(icon[i]);
+            container.addView(button);
+        }
+
+        setContentView(scrollView);
+        time =  android.os.SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNanos()-time;
+        TextView t = new TextView(this);
+        t.setText("avgS=" + df.format(time / (icon.length * 1000000.)) + " ms");
+        container.addView(t);
+    }
+}