diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 7944c0a682521..35fea93c93edf 100755
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -6224,7 +6224,7 @@ package android.os {
     ctor public UpdateEngine();
     method @NonNull public android.os.UpdateEngine.AllocateSpaceResult allocateSpace(@NonNull String, @NonNull String[]);
     method public void applyPayload(String, long, long, String[]);
-    method public void applyPayload(@NonNull android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor, long, long, @NonNull String[]);
+    method public void applyPayload(@NonNull android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor, @NonNull String[]);
     method public boolean bind(android.os.UpdateEngineCallback, android.os.Handler);
     method public boolean bind(android.os.UpdateEngineCallback);
     method public void cancel();
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/UpdateEngine.java b/core/java/android/os/UpdateEngine.java
index 16f7b398731c1..73e1adf134f27 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/UpdateEngine.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/UpdateEngine.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package android.os;
 import android.annotation.IntDef;
 import android.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.annotation.SystemApi;
+import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
 import android.os.IUpdateEngine;
 import android.os.IUpdateEngineCallback;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
@@ -349,16 +350,17 @@ public class UpdateEngine {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Applies the payload passed as ParcelFileDescriptor {@code pfd} instead of
-     * using the {@code file://} scheme.
+     * Applies the payload passed as AssetFileDescriptor {@code assetFd}
+     * instead of using the {@code file://} scheme.
      *
      * <p>See {@link #applyPayload(String)} for {@code offset}, {@code size} and
      * {@code headerKeyValuePairs} parameters.
      */
-    public void applyPayload(@NonNull ParcelFileDescriptor pfd, long offset, long size,
+    public void applyPayload(@NonNull AssetFileDescriptor assetFd,
             @NonNull String[] headerKeyValuePairs) {
         try {
-            mUpdateEngine.applyPayloadFd(pfd, offset, size, headerKeyValuePairs);
+            mUpdateEngine.applyPayloadFd(assetFd.getParcelFileDescriptor(),
+                    assetFd.getStartOffset(), assetFd.getLength(), headerKeyValuePairs);
         } catch (RemoteException e) {
             throw e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
         }