diff --git a/core/java/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityShortcutInfo.java b/core/java/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityShortcutInfo.java
index 6e1d4898f339a..623734ee5662e 100644
--- a/core/java/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityShortcutInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityShortcutInfo.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
-import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Xml;
 
@@ -243,7 +242,10 @@ public final class AccessibilityShortcutInfo {
     public String loadHtmlDescription(@NonNull PackageManager packageManager) {
         final String htmlDescription = loadResourceString(packageManager, mActivityInfo,
                 mHtmlDescriptionRes);
-        return TextUtils.isEmpty(htmlDescription) ? null : getFilteredHtmlText(htmlDescription);
+        if (htmlDescription != null) {
+            return getFilteredHtmlText(htmlDescription);
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**