diff --git a/core/java/android/text/TextLine.java b/core/java/android/text/TextLine.java
index c19cf32c45d49..4725581a4021a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/TextLine.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/TextLine.java
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ class TextLine {
         tl.mText = null;
         tl.mPaint = null;
         tl.mDirections = null;
+        tl.mSpanned = null;
+        tl.mTabs = null;
+        tl.mChars = null;
 
         tl.mMetricAffectingSpanSpanSet.recycle();
         tl.mCharacterStyleSpanSet.recycle();