diff --git a/core/java/android/animation/AnimatorSet.java b/core/java/android/animation/AnimatorSet.java
index 257adfe390d66..a700efb7234b1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/animation/AnimatorSet.java
+++ b/core/java/android/animation/AnimatorSet.java
@@ -1503,6 +1503,7 @@ public final class AnimatorSet extends Animator implements AnimationHandler.Anim
         anim.mNodeMap = new ArrayMap<Animator, Node>();
         anim.mNodes = new ArrayList<Node>(nodeCount);
         anim.mEvents = new ArrayList<AnimationEvent>();
+        anim.mStartListenersCalled = false;
         anim.mAnimationEndListener = new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
             @Override
             public void onAnimationEnd(Animator animation) {
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/animation/ViewPropertyAnimatorTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/animation/ViewPropertyAnimatorTest.java
index 81cd4da4f425e..8cc88ea230a15 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/animation/ViewPropertyAnimatorTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/animation/ViewPropertyAnimatorTest.java
@@ -135,11 +135,15 @@ public class ViewPropertyAnimatorTest {
      * @throws Exception
      */
     @Before
-    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    public void setUp() throws Throwable {
         final BasicAnimatorActivity activity = mActivityRule.getActivity();
         Button button = activity.findViewById(R.id.animatingButton);
 
         mAnimator = button.animate().x(100).y(100);
+        mActivityRule.runOnUiThread(() -> {
+            mAnimator.start();
+            mAnimator.cancel();
+        });
 
         // mListener is the main testing mechanism of this file. The asserts of each test
         // are embedded in the listener callbacks that it implements.