diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnable.h b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnable.h
index 701585ebfb0..406e55ba95f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnable.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnable.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ struct ANDROID_EXPORT AndroidRunnable
 {
     AndroidRunnable();
     QString packageName;
-    QString intentName;
     QStringList amStartExtraArgs;
     QStringList beforeStartAdbCommands;
     QStringList afterFinishAdbCommands;
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ struct ANDROID_EXPORT AndroidRunnable
 inline bool operator==(const AndroidRunnable &r1, const AndroidRunnable &r2)
 {
     return r1.packageName == r2.packageName
-        && r1.intentName == r2.intentName
         && r1.amStartExtraArgs == r2.amStartExtraArgs
         && r1.beforeStartAdbCommands == r2.beforeStartAdbCommands
         && r1.afterFinishAdbCommands == r2.afterFinishAdbCommands;
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
index af804d6f416..87ffe95d2ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
@@ -127,10 +127,8 @@ AndroidRunner::AndroidRunner(RunControl *runControl,
     m_checkAVDTimer.setInterval(2000);
     connect(&m_checkAVDTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &AndroidRunner::checkAVD);
 
-    m_androidRunnable.intentName = intentName.isEmpty() ? AndroidManager::intentName(m_target)
-                                                        : intentName;
-    m_androidRunnable.packageName = m_androidRunnable.intentName.left(
-                m_androidRunnable.intentName.indexOf(QLatin1Char('/')));
+    QString intent = intentName.isEmpty() ? AndroidManager::intentName(m_target) : intentName;
+    m_androidRunnable.packageName = intent.left(intent.indexOf('/'));
 
     RunConfiguration *rc = runControl->runConfiguration();
     if (auto aspect = rc->extraAspect(Constants::ANDROID_AMSTARTARGS_ASPECT))
@@ -148,6 +146,7 @@ AndroidRunner::AndroidRunner(RunControl *runControl,
 
     const int apiLevel = AndroidManager::deviceApiLevel(m_target);
     m_worker.reset(new AndroidRunnerWorker(runControl, m_androidRunnable));
+    m_worker->setIntentName(intent);
     m_worker->setIsPreNougat(apiLevel <= 23);
     m_worker->setExtraAppParams(extraAppParams);
     m_worker->setExtraEnvVars(extraEnvVars);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
index 60bae1bd6de..01d41e2f98e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ void AndroidRunnerWorker::asyncStartHelper()
 
     QStringList args({"shell", "am", "start"});
     args << m_androidRunnable.amStartExtraArgs;
-    args << "-n" << m_androidRunnable.intentName;
+    args << "-n" << m_intentName;
     if (m_useCppDebugger) {
         args << "-D";
         QString gdbServerSocket;
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.h b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.h
index 12cf219eca2..24ecb30accf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public:
     void setExtraEnvVars(const Utils::Environment &extraEnvVars);
     void setExtraAppParams(const QString &extraAppParams);
     void setIsPreNougat(bool isPreNougat) { m_isPreNougat = isPreNougat; }
+    void setIntentName(const QString &intentName) { m_intentName = intentName; }
 
     void asyncStart();
     void asyncStop();
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ protected:
     // Create the processes and timer in the worker thread, for correct thread affinity
     bool m_isPreNougat = false;
     AndroidRunnable m_androidRunnable;
+    QString m_intentName;
     QString m_adb;
     qint64 m_processPID = -1;
     std::unique_ptr<QProcess, Deleter> m_adbLogcatProcess;