diff --git a/core/java/android/text/SpannableStringInternal.java b/core/java/android/text/SpannableStringInternal.java
index 0412285bc3b02..0825bf3b5665c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/SpannableStringInternal.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/SpannableStringInternal.java
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Array;
         Object ret1 = null;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < spanCount; i++) {
+            if (kind != null && !kind.isInstance(spans[i])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             int spanStart = data[i * COLUMNS + START];
             int spanEnd = data[i * COLUMNS + END];
 
@@ -231,10 +235,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Array;
                 }
             }
 
-            if (kind != null && !kind.isInstance(spans[i])) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
             if (count == 0) {
                 ret1 = spans[i];
                 count++;