diff --git a/core/java/android/animation/AnimatorInflater.java b/core/java/android/animation/AnimatorInflater.java
index d753e322cf19c..c024c27833281 100644
--- a/core/java/android/animation/AnimatorInflater.java
+++ b/core/java/android/animation/AnimatorInflater.java
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public class AnimatorInflater {
                 (toType <= TypedValue.TYPE_LAST_COLOR_INT))) {
             // special case for colors: ignore valueType and get ints
             getFloats = false;
-            anim.setEvaluator(new ArgbEvaluator());
+            evaluator = new ArgbEvaluator();
         }
 
         if (getFloats) {