diff --git a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/ntp/BraveNewTabPageView.java b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/ntp/BraveNewTabPageView.java
index 7c98a215eca6..0c2c54cf0f9c 100644
--- a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/ntp/BraveNewTabPageView.java
+++ b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/ntp/BraveNewTabPageView.java
@@ -362,27 +362,6 @@ private void initilizeSponsoredTab() {
             mNTPBackgroundImagesBridge.getTopSites();
     }
 
-    private TabObserver mTabObserver = new EmptyTabObserver() {
-        @Override
-        public void onInteractabilityChanged(Tab tab, boolean interactable) {
-            // Force a layout update if the tab is now in the foreground.
-            if (interactable) {
-                if (sponsoredTab == null)
-                    initilizeSponsoredTab();
-                if (!sponsoredTab.isMoreTabs()) {
-                    checkAndShowNTPImage(false);
-                }
-            } else {
-                if (!isFromBottomSheet) {
-                    mNewTabPageLayout.setBackgroundResource(0);
-                    if (imageDrawable != null && imageDrawable.getBitmap() != null && !imageDrawable.getBitmap().isRecycled()) {
-                        imageDrawable.getBitmap().recycle();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    };
-
     private NewTabPageListener newTabPageListener = new NewTabPageListener() {
         @Override
         public void updateInteractableFlag(boolean isBottomSheet) {
diff --git a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/ntp_background_images/util/NTPUtil.java b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/ntp_background_images/util/NTPUtil.java
index f2b9ae3235ea..6ef4dfd08428 100644
--- a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/ntp_background_images/util/NTPUtil.java
+++ b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/ntp_background_images/util/NTPUtil.java
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ public static Bitmap getCalculatedBitmap(Bitmap imageBitmap, float centerPointX,
         }
 
         imageBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(imageBitmap, newImageWidth, newImageHeight, true);
-
-        Bitmap newBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(imageBitmap, startX, startY, layoutWidth, (int) layoutHeight);
+        
+        Bitmap newBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(imageBitmap, (startX + layoutWidth) <= imageBitmap.getWidth() ? startX : 0, (startY + (int) layoutHeight) <= imageBitmap.getHeight() ? startY : 0, layoutWidth, (int) layoutHeight);
         Bitmap bitmapWithGradient = ImageUtils.addGradient(newBitmap);
 
         imageBitmap.recycle();