diff --git a/core/java/android/text/SpannableStringBuilder.java b/core/java/android/text/SpannableStringBuilder.java
index 0f8efd10f4360..6056c75f3b967 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/SpannableStringBuilder.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/SpannableStringBuilder.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package android.text;
 
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
+import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.android.internal.util.ArrayUtils;
 
@@ -485,15 +486,12 @@ public class SpannableStringBuilder implements CharSequence, GetChars, Spannable
 
         // 0-length Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE
         if (flagsStart == POINT && flagsEnd == MARK && start == end) {
-            if (send) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                        "SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length");
-            } else {
-                // Silently ignore invalid spans when they are created from this class.
-                // This avoids the duplication of the above test code before all the
-                // calls to setSpan that are done in this class
-                return;
-            }
+            if (send) Log.e("SpannableStringBuilder",
+                    "SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length");
+            // Silently ignore invalid spans when they are created from this class.
+            // This avoids the duplication of the above test code before all the
+            // calls to setSpan that are done in this class
+            return;
         }
 
         int nstart = start;