diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index 189506cb0f40e..37ef9bf7e36e2 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -9629,10 +9629,17 @@ public class ActivityManagerService extends IActivityManager.Stub
             }
         }
 
-        // If we're extending a persistable grant, then we always need to create
-        // the grant data structure so that take/release APIs work
+        // Figure out the value returned when access is allowed
+        final int allowedResult;
         if ((modeFlags & Intent.FLAG_GRANT_PERSISTABLE_URI_PERMISSION) != 0) {
-            return targetUid;
+            // If we're extending a persistable grant, then we need to return
+            // "targetUid" so that we always create a grant data structure to
+            // support take/release APIs
+            allowedResult = targetUid;
+        } else {
+            // Otherwise, we can return "-1" to indicate that no grant data
+            // structures need to be created
+            allowedResult = -1;
         }
 
         if (targetUid >= 0) {
@@ -9641,7 +9648,7 @@ public class ActivityManagerService extends IActivityManager.Stub
                 // No need to grant the target this permission.
                 if (DEBUG_URI_PERMISSION) Slog.v(TAG_URI_PERMISSION,
                         "Target " + targetPkg + " already has full permission to " + grantUri);
-                return -1;
+                return allowedResult;
             }
         } else {
             // First...  there is no target package, so can anyone access it?
@@ -9676,7 +9683,7 @@ public class ActivityManagerService extends IActivityManager.Stub
                 }
             }
             if (allowed) {
-                return -1;
+                return allowedResult;
             }
         }