diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/RankingHelper.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/RankingHelper.java
index b63b05f1f59b0..b789d5cd602ea 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/RankingHelper.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/notification/RankingHelper.java
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ public class RankingHelper implements RankingConfig {
         if (type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) return;
         String tag = parser.getName();
         if (!TAG_RANKING.equals(tag)) return;
-        mRecords.clear();
+        // Clobber groups and channels with the xml, but don't delete other data that wasn't present
+        // at the time of serialization.
         mRestoredWithoutUids.clear();
         while ((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
             tag = parser.getName();
diff --git a/services/tests/notification/src/com/android/server/notification/RankingHelperTest.java b/services/tests/notification/src/com/android/server/notification/RankingHelperTest.java
index ad593be199b7d..885eb2ea235ac 100644
--- a/services/tests/notification/src/com/android/server/notification/RankingHelperTest.java
+++ b/services/tests/notification/src/com/android/server/notification/RankingHelperTest.java
@@ -489,6 +489,19 @@ public class RankingHelperTest {
                 NotificationChannel.DEFAULT_CHANNEL_ID, false));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testLoadingOldChannelsDoesNotDeleteNewlyCreatedChannels() throws Exception {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = writeXmlAndPurge(PKG, UID, false,
+                NotificationChannel.DEFAULT_CHANNEL_ID, "bananas");
+        mHelper.createNotificationChannel(PKG, UID,
+                new NotificationChannel("bananas", "bananas", IMPORTANCE_LOW), true);
+
+        loadStreamXml(baos);
+
+        // Should still have the newly created channel that wasn't in the xml.
+        assertTrue(mHelper.getNotificationChannel(PKG, UID, "bananas", false) != null);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testCreateChannel_blocked() throws Exception {
         mHelper.setImportance(PKG, UID, NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_NONE);