diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/SpellChecker.java b/core/java/android/widget/SpellChecker.java
index 5d8db2f37122a..e9eec100cab34 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/SpellChecker.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/SpellChecker.java
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ public class SpellChecker implements SpellCheckerSessionListener {
         final TextServicesManager textServicesManager = (TextServicesManager) textView.getContext().
                 getSystemService(Context.TEXT_SERVICES_MANAGER_SERVICE);
         mSpellCheckerSession = textServicesManager.newSpellCheckerSession(
-                null /* not currently used by the textServicesManager */, Locale.getDefault(),
+                null /* not currently used by the textServicesManager */,
+                null /* null locale means use the languages defined in Settings
+                        if referToSpellCheckerLanguageSettings is true */,
                 this, true /* means use the languages defined in Settings */);
         mCookie = hashCode();
 
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/TextServicesManagerService.java b/services/java/com/android/server/TextServicesManagerService.java
index c792b33bf2b4b..ef48b9e2bc307 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/TextServicesManagerService.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/TextServicesManagerService.java
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ public class TextServicesManagerService extends ITextServicesManager.Stub {
                     }
                 } else if (scs.hashCode() == hashCode) {
                     if (DBG) {
-                        Slog.w(TAG, "Return subtype " + scs.hashCode());
+                        Slog.w(TAG, "Return subtype " + scs.hashCode() + ", input= " + locale
+                                + ", " + scs.getLocale());
                     }
                     return scs;
                 }