diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/AbsListView.java b/core/java/android/widget/AbsListView.java
index b408f27abf07e..767c7e7920d08 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/AbsListView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/AbsListView.java
@@ -1908,6 +1908,7 @@ public abstract class AbsListView extends AdapterView<ListAdapter> implements Te
                     // User clicked on whitespace, or stopped a fling. It is a scroll.
                     createScrollingCache();
                     mTouchMode = TOUCH_MODE_SCROLL;
+                    mMotionCorrection = 0;
                     motionPosition = findMotionRow(y);
                     reportScrollStateChange(OnScrollListener.SCROLL_STATE_TOUCH_SCROLL);
                 }