diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/location/LocationBasedCountryDetector.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/location/LocationBasedCountryDetector.java
index 6527899f29790..8ee1285b41f22 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/location/LocationBasedCountryDetector.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/location/LocationBasedCountryDetector.java
@@ -235,18 +235,15 @@ public class LocationBasedCountryDetector extends CountryDetectorBase {
      * Start a new thread to query the country from Geocoder.
      */
     private synchronized void queryCountryCode(final Location location) {
-        if (location == null) {
-            notifyListener(null);
-            return;
-        }
         if (mQueryThread != null) return;
         mQueryThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
-                String countryIso = null;
-                if (location != null) {
-                    countryIso = getCountryFromLocation(location);
+                if (location == null) {
+                    notifyListener(null);
+                    return;
                 }
+                String countryIso = getCountryFromLocation(location);
                 if (countryIso != null) {
                     mDetectedCountry = new Country(countryIso, Country.COUNTRY_SOURCE_LOCATION);
                 } else {