diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ServiceRecord.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ServiceRecord.java
index 027dc0862e9de..ac85e6b132bf1 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ServiceRecord.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ServiceRecord.java
@@ -517,11 +517,14 @@ final class ServiceRecord extends Binder {
                             } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
                             }
                         }
-                        if (localForegroundNoti.getSmallIcon() == null) {
+                        if (localForegroundNoti.getSmallIcon() == null
+                                || nm.getNotificationChannel(localPackageName, appUid,
+                                localForegroundNoti.getChannelId()) == null) {
                             // Notifications whose icon is 0 are defined to not show
                             // a notification, silently ignoring it.  We don't want to
                             // just ignore it, we want to prevent the service from
                             // being foreground.
+                            // Also every notification needs a channel.
                             throw new RuntimeException("invalid service notification: "
                                     + foregroundNoti);
                         }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationManagerInternal.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationManagerInternal.java
index 4923b06e9595e..f1476b34388b9 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationManagerInternal.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationManagerInternal.java
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 package com.android.server.notification;
 
 import android.app.Notification;
+import android.app.NotificationChannel;
 
 public interface NotificationManagerInternal {
+    NotificationChannel getNotificationChannel(String pkg, int uid, String channelId);
     void enqueueNotification(String pkg, String basePkg, int callingUid, int callingPid,
             String tag, int id, Notification notification, int userId);
 
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationManagerService.java
index 9a07baa5f4af9..4e465357c8e6a 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/NotificationManagerService.java
@@ -3372,6 +3372,12 @@ public class NotificationManagerService extends SystemService {
      * The private API only accessible to the system process.
      */
     private final NotificationManagerInternal mInternalService = new NotificationManagerInternal() {
+        @Override
+        public NotificationChannel getNotificationChannel(String pkg, int uid, String
+                channelId) {
+            return mRankingHelper.getNotificationChannel(pkg, uid, channelId, false);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void enqueueNotification(String pkg, String opPkg, int callingUid, int callingPid,
                 String tag, int id, Notification notification, int userId) {