diff --git a/core/java/android/view/animation/AnimationUtils.java b/core/java/android/view/animation/AnimationUtils.java
index 8ba8b8cca5edf..0699bc1cb734b 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/animation/AnimationUtils.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/animation/AnimationUtils.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.TimeUtils;
 import android.util.Xml;
+import android.view.Choreographer;
 import android.view.InflateException;
 
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
@@ -153,7 +154,13 @@ public class AnimationUtils {
      */
     public static long getExpectedPresentationTimeNanos() {
         AnimationState state = sAnimationState.get();
-        return state.mExpectedPresentationTimeNanos;
+        if (state.animationClockLocked) {
+            return state.mExpectedPresentationTimeNanos;
+        }
+        // When this methoed is called outside of a Choreographer callback,
+        // we obtain the value of expectedPresentTimeNanos from the Choreographer.
+        // This helps avoid returning a time that could potentially be earlier than current time.
+        return Choreographer.getInstance().getLatestExpectedPresentTimeNanos();
     }
 
     /**