diff --git a/src/com/android/browser/GoogleAccountLogin.java b/src/com/android/browser/GoogleAccountLogin.java
index 3712490..f4ccfd1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/browser/GoogleAccountLogin.java
+++ b/src/com/android/browser/GoogleAccountLogin.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.webkit.CookieManager;
+import android.webkit.CookieSyncManager;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
 
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@
         mWebView = new WebView(mActivity);
         mRunnable = runnable;
 
+        // XXX: Doing pre-login causes onResume to skip calling
+        // resumeWebViewTimers. So to avoid problems with timers not running, we
+        // duplicate the work here using the off-screen WebView.
+        CookieSyncManager.getInstance().startSync();
+        mWebView.resumeTimers();
+
         mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
             @Override
             public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {