diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index e056419a0ab84..5da2db8383e06 100755
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -9903,6 +9903,7 @@ package android.telephony {
 
   public class SubscriptionManager {
     method @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE) public boolean canDisablePhysicalSubscription();
+    method public boolean canManageSubscription(@Nullable android.telephony.SubscriptionInfo, @Nullable String);
     method public java.util.List<android.telephony.SubscriptionInfo> getAvailableSubscriptionInfoList();
     method @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE) public int getEnabledSubscriptionId(int);
     method @NonNull public static android.content.res.Resources getResourcesForSubId(@NonNull android.content.Context, int);
diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/SubscriptionManager.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/SubscriptionManager.java
index 15398ca80cc29..ef6ae500291d5 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/SubscriptionManager.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/SubscriptionManager.java
@@ -2655,8 +2655,7 @@ public class SubscriptionManager {
 
     /**
      * Checks whether the app with the given context is authorized to manage the given subscription
-     * according to its metadata. Only supported for embedded subscriptions (if
-     * {@code SubscriptionInfo#isEmbedded} returns true).
+     * according to its metadata.
      *
      * @param info The subscription to check.
      * @return whether the app is authorized to manage this subscription per its metadata.
@@ -2669,16 +2668,16 @@ public class SubscriptionManager {
      * Checks whether the given app is authorized to manage the given subscription. An app can only
      * be authorized if it is included in the {@link android.telephony.UiccAccessRule} of the
      * {@link android.telephony.SubscriptionInfo} with the access status.
-     * Only supported for embedded subscriptions (if {@link SubscriptionInfo#isEmbedded}
-     * returns true).
      *
      * @param info The subscription to check.
      * @param packageName Package name of the app to check.
      * @return whether the app is authorized to manage this subscription per its access rules.
      * @hide
      */
-    public boolean canManageSubscription(SubscriptionInfo info, String packageName) {
-        if (info == null || info.getAllAccessRules() == null) {
+    @SystemApi
+    public boolean canManageSubscription(@Nullable SubscriptionInfo info,
+            @Nullable String packageName) {
+        if (info == null || info.getAllAccessRules() == null || packageName == null) {
             return false;
         }
         PackageManager packageManager = mContext.getPackageManager();