diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/app/LoaderLifecycleTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/app/LoaderLifecycleTest.java
index 1850d575dfa58..c83e7988dcc64 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/app/LoaderLifecycleTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/app/LoaderLifecycleTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 
 package android.app;
 
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotNull;
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotSame;
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertSame;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
@@ -24,14 +31,11 @@ import android.support.test.filters.MediumTest;
 import android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
 import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
 import android.util.ArrayMap;
+
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
-import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotNull;
-import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotSame;
-import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertSame;
-
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 public class LoaderLifecycleTest {
     @Rule
@@ -203,6 +207,16 @@ public class LoaderLifecycleTest {
 
             // Test that the fragments are in the configuration we expect
             final Fragment restoredOne = fm2.findFragmentByTag("one");
+            try {
+                restoredOne.getLoaderManager();
+                fail("A restored fragment on the back stack doesn't have a host, so it should "
+                        + "throw an exception");
+            } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+                // expected
+            }
+            fm2.popBackStackImmediate();
+            // Now restoredOne should be added and should be in a good state.
+            assertTrue(restoredOne.isAdded());
             final LoaderManager lm2 = restoredOne.getLoaderManager();
 
             assertSame("didn't get same LoaderManager instance back", lm2, lm1);