diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RetryManager.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RetryManager.java
index 385b19101c3bb..779f358307acf 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RetryManager.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RetryManager.java
@@ -153,13 +153,17 @@ public class RetryManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Configure for using string which allow arbitary
+     * Configure for using string which allow arbitrary
      * sequences of times. See class comments for the
      * string format.
      *
-     * @return true if successfull
+     * @return true if successful
      */
     public boolean configure(String configStr) {
+        // Strip quotes if present.
+        if ((configStr.startsWith("\"") && configStr.endsWith("\""))) {
+            configStr = configStr.substring(1, configStr.length()-1);
+        }
         if (DBG) log("configure: '" + configStr + "'");
 
         if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(configStr)) {
diff --git a/telephony/tests/telephonytests/src/com/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyUtilsTest.java b/telephony/tests/telephonytests/src/com/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyUtilsTest.java
index bf0c88b7cc2d3..3757017a8ca39 100644
--- a/telephony/tests/telephonytests/src/com/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyUtilsTest.java
+++ b/telephony/tests/telephonytests/src/com/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyUtilsTest.java
@@ -146,15 +146,15 @@ public class TelephonyUtilsTest extends TestCase {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Test string configuration using all options.
+     * Test string configuration using all options and with quotes.
      */
     @SmallTest
     public void testRetryManageString() throws Exception {
         RetryManager rm = new RetryManager();
         int time;
 
-        assertTrue(rm.configure("max_retries=4,"
-                  + "default_randomization=100,1000, 2000 :200 , 3000"));
+        assertTrue(rm.configure(
+                "\"max_retries=4, default_randomization=100,1000, 2000 :200 , 3000\""));
         assertTrue(rm.isRetryNeeded());
         time = rm.getRetryTimer();
         assertTrue((time >= 1000) && (time < 1100));