diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/backup/LawnchairBackup.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/backup/LawnchairBackup.kt
index a688a05561..18f5b3fdb3 100644
--- a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/backup/LawnchairBackup.kt
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/backup/LawnchairBackup.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAppState
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherFiles
 import com.android.launcher3.R
 import com.android.launcher3.model.DeviceGridState
+import com.android.launcher3.model.ModelDbController
+import com.android.launcher3.provider.RestoreDbTask
 import com.google.protobuf.Timestamp
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.FileInputStream
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@ class LawnchairBackup(
         context.getDatabasePath(LAUNCHER_DB_FILE_NAME).parentFile?.deleteRecursively()
         DeviceGridState(info.gridState).writeToPrefs(context, true)
         readZip(handlers)
+
+        var dbController = ModelDbController(context)
+        RestoreDbTask.performRestore(context, dbController)
     }
 
     private suspend fun readZip(handlers: Map<String, suspend (InputStream) -> Unit>) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
index b093fe7372..3cd0ebe05e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class RestoreDbTask {
                 });
     }
 
-    private static boolean performRestore(Context context, ModelDbController controller) {
+    public static boolean performRestore(Context context, ModelDbController controller) {
         SQLiteDatabase db = controller.getDb();
         FileLog.d(TAG, "performRestore: starting restore from db");
         try (SQLiteTransaction t = new SQLiteTransaction(db)) {