diff --git a/core/java/android/view/MotionEvent.java b/core/java/android/view/MotionEvent.java
index adb8b86493d50..8db62f6553eba 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/MotionEvent.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/MotionEvent.java
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ public final class MotionEvent extends InputEvent implements Parcelable {
             float x, float y, float pressure, float size, int metaState,
             float xPrecision, float yPrecision, int deviceId, int edgeFlags) {
         return obtain(downTime, eventTime, action, x, y, pressure, size, metaState,
-                xPrecision, yPrecision, deviceId, edgeFlags, InputDevice.SOURCE_UNKNOWN,
+                xPrecision, yPrecision, deviceId, edgeFlags, InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER,
                 DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/view/MotionEventTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/view/MotionEventTest.java
index 78a8f7b3f32e5..c4c983d24af92 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/view/MotionEventTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/view/MotionEventTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package android.view;
 
+import static android.view.InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER;
 import static android.view.MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN;
 import static android.view.MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN;
 import static android.view.MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_FINGER;
@@ -214,4 +215,27 @@ public class MotionEventTest {
         rotInvalid.transform(mat);
         assertEquals(-1, rotInvalid.getSurfaceRotation());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUsesPointerSourceByDefault() {
+        final MotionEvent event = MotionEvent.obtain(0 /* downTime */, 0 /* eventTime */,
+                ACTION_DOWN, 0 /* x */, 0 /* y */, 0 /* metaState */);
+        assertTrue(event.isFromSource(SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLocationOffsetOnlyAppliedToNonPointerSources() {
+        final MotionEvent event = MotionEvent.obtain(0 /* downTime */, 0 /* eventTime */,
+                ACTION_DOWN, 10 /* x */, 20 /* y */, 0 /* metaState */);
+        event.offsetLocation(40, 50);
+
+        // The offset should be applied since a pointer source is used by default.
+        assertEquals(50, (int) event.getX());
+        assertEquals(70, (int) event.getY());
+
+        // The offset should not be applied if the source is changed to a non-pointer source.
+        event.setSource(InputDevice.SOURCE_JOYSTICK);
+        assertEquals(10, (int) event.getX());
+        assertEquals(20, (int) event.getY());
+    }
 }