diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/ProgressBar.java b/core/java/android/widget/ProgressBar.java
index 733a7753568a2..970d70cf1fb4c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/ProgressBar.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/ProgressBar.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewDebug;
 import android.view.ViewHierarchyEncoder;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
-import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityManager;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
 import android.view.animation.AlphaAnimation;
 import android.view.animation.Animation;
@@ -307,6 +306,9 @@ public class ProgressBar extends View {
         setMax(a.getInt(R.styleable.ProgressBar_max, mMax));
 
         setProgress(a.getInt(R.styleable.ProgressBar_progress, mProgress));
+        // onProgressRefresh() is only called when the progress changes. So we should set
+        // stateDescription during initialization here.
+        super.setStateDescription(formatStateDescription(mProgress));
 
         setSecondaryProgress(a.getInt(
                 R.styleable.ProgressBar_secondaryProgress, mSecondaryProgress));
@@ -1599,8 +1601,7 @@ public class ProgressBar extends View {
     }
 
     void onProgressRefresh(float scale, boolean fromUser, int progress) {
-        if (AccessibilityManager.getInstance(mContext).isEnabled()
-                && mCustomStateDescription == null) {
+        if (mCustomStateDescription == null) {
             super.setStateDescription(formatStateDescription(mProgress));
         }
     }