diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
index c5421dc11f54b..ee5fa64a78b89 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
@@ -3799,7 +3799,7 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
                     return;
                 }
             }
-            
+
             // This is the handling for some default action.
             // Note that for backwards compatibility we don't do this
             // default handling if explicit ime options have not been given,
@@ -5608,6 +5608,8 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
                 outAttrs.extras = mInputContentType.extras;
             } else {
                 outAttrs.imeOptions = EditorInfo.IME_NULL;
+                // May not be defined otherwise and needed by onEditorAction
+                mInputContentType = new InputContentType();
             }
             if (focusSearch(FOCUS_DOWN) != null) {
                 outAttrs.imeOptions |= EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NAVIGATE_NEXT;