diff --git a/compat/java/android/support/v4/content/ModernAsyncTask.java b/compat/java/android/support/v4/content/ModernAsyncTask.java
index 7d9f0c3..34724db 100644
--- a/compat/java/android/support/v4/content/ModernAsyncTask.java
+++ b/compat/java/android/support/v4/content/ModernAsyncTask.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import android.os.Binder;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.os.Message;
@@ -125,9 +126,16 @@
             @Override
             public Result call() throws Exception {
                 mTaskInvoked.set(true);
-
-                Process.setThreadPriority(Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND);
-                return postResult(doInBackground(mParams));
+                Result result = null;
+                try {
+                    Process.setThreadPriority(Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND);
+                    //noinspection unchecked
+                    result = doInBackground(mParams);
+                    Binder.flushPendingCommands();
+                } finally {
+                    postResult(result);
+                }
+                return result;
             }
         };
 
diff --git a/compat/tests/java/android/support/v4/content/ModernAsyncTaskTest.java b/compat/tests/java/android/support/v4/content/ModernAsyncTaskTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2905df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/tests/java/android/support/v4/content/ModernAsyncTaskTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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 android.support.v4.content;
+
+import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class ModernAsyncTaskTest {
+
+    ModernAsyncTask mModernAsyncTask;
+
+    /**
+     * Test to ensure that onCancelled is always called, even if doInBackground throws an exception.
+     *
+     * @throws Throwable
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testCancellationWithException() throws Throwable {
+        final CountDownLatch readyToCancel = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final CountDownLatch readyToThrow = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final CountDownLatch calledOnCancelled = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                mModernAsyncTask = new ModernAsyncTask() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected Object doInBackground(Object[] params) {
+                        readyToCancel.countDown();
+                        try {
+                            readyToThrow.await();
+                        } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
+                        // This exception is expected to be caught and ignored
+                        throw new RuntimeException();
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected void onCancelled(Object o) {
+                        calledOnCancelled.countDown();
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        });
+
+        mModernAsyncTask.execute();
+        if (!readyToCancel.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+            fail("Test failure: doInBackground did not run in time.");
+        }
+        mModernAsyncTask.cancel(false);
+        readyToThrow.countDown();
+        if (!calledOnCancelled.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+            fail("onCancelled not called!");
+        }
+    }
+}