diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ServiceStartNotAllowedException.java b/core/java/android/app/ServiceStartNotAllowedException.java
index 33285b2190eb5..b1f47eee4bfd7 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ServiceStartNotAllowedException.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ServiceStartNotAllowedException.java
@@ -40,4 +40,11 @@ public abstract class ServiceStartNotAllowedException extends IllegalStateExcept
             return new BackgroundServiceStartNotAllowedException(message);
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized Throwable getCause() {
+        // "Cause" is often used for clustering exceptions, and developers don't want to have it
+        // for this exception. b/210890426
+        return null;
+    }
 }