diff --git a/core/java/android/view/autofill/AutofillId.java b/core/java/android/view/autofill/AutofillId.java
index ae145de211902..313dc431a5e5f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/autofill/AutofillId.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/autofill/AutofillId.java
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ public final class AutofillId implements Parcelable {
         mSessionId = sessionId;
     }
 
+    /** @hide */
+    @NonNull
+    public static final AutofillId NO_AUTOFILL_ID = new AutofillId(0);
+
     /** @hide */
     @NonNull
     @TestApi
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
index ee4d9d594ea52..a54c3c936e1bd 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewRootImpl;
 import android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.SoftInputModeFlags;
+import android.view.autofill.AutofillId;
 import android.view.autofill.AutofillManager;
 import android.window.ImeOnBackInvokedDispatcher;
 import android.window.WindowOnBackInvokedDispatcher;
@@ -2323,6 +2324,14 @@ public final class InputMethodManager {
         InputConnection ic = view.onCreateInputConnection(tba);
         if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Starting input: tba=" + tba + " ic=" + ic);
 
+        // Clear autofill and field ids if a connection could not be established.
+        // This ensures that even disconnected EditorInfos have well-defined attributes,
+        // making them consistently and straightforwardly comparable.
+        if (ic == null) {
+            tba.autofillId = AutofillId.NO_AUTOFILL_ID;
+            tba.fieldId = 0;
+        }
+
         final Handler icHandler;
         InputBindResult res = null;
         synchronized (mH) {
@@ -2360,7 +2369,7 @@ public final class InputMethodManager {
                 mServedInputConnection = null;
                 mServedInputConnectionHandler = null;
             }
-            RemoteInputConnectionImpl servedInputConnection;
+            final RemoteInputConnectionImpl servedInputConnection;
             if (ic != null) {
                 mCursorSelStart = tba.initialSelStart;
                 mCursorSelEnd = tba.initialSelEnd;