diff --git a/core/java/android/animation/ObjectAnimator.java b/core/java/android/animation/ObjectAnimator.java
index 5c4b979ccb3cb..9a2aa302a4baf 100644
--- a/core/java/android/animation/ObjectAnimator.java
+++ b/core/java/android/animation/ObjectAnimator.java
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ public final class ObjectAnimator extends ValueAnimator {
     @Override
     void animateValue(float fraction) {
         final Object target = getTarget();
-        if (mTarget != null && target == null) {
+        if (target == null) {
             // We lost the target reference, cancel and clean up.
             cancel();
             return;
diff --git a/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java b/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
index 0c7ee2c8c2fec..e3f8fa49f9dde 100644
--- a/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
+++ b/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ public class ValueAnimator extends Animator implements AnimationHandler.Animatio
         mStarted = true;
         mPaused = false;
         mRunning = false;
+        mAnimationEndRequested = false;
         // Resets mLastFrameTime when start() is called, so that if the animation was running,
         // calling start() would put the animation in the
         // started-but-not-yet-reached-the-first-frame phase.