diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewConfiguration.java b/core/java/android/view/ViewConfiguration.java
index d80819f29cc61..0e7c6d12b0d9a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewConfiguration.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ViewConfiguration.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class ViewConfiguration {
     private static final int TOUCH_SLOP = 8;
 
     /** Distance a stylus touch can wander before we think the user is handwriting in dips. */
-    private static final int HANDWRITING_SLOP = 4;
+    private static final int HANDWRITING_SLOP = 2;
 
     /**
      * Defines the minimum size of the touch target for a scrollbar in dips
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/view/stylus/HandwritingInitiatorTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/view/stylus/HandwritingInitiatorTest.java
index 34eac35d3c0b5..8028b14d53b61 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/view/stylus/HandwritingInitiatorTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/view/stylus/HandwritingInitiatorTest.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class HandwritingInitiatorTest {
     private static final int HW_BOUNDS_OFFSETS_TOP_PX = 20;
     private static final int HW_BOUNDS_OFFSETS_RIGHT_PX = 30;
     private static final int HW_BOUNDS_OFFSETS_BOTTOM_PX = 40;
-    private int mHandwritingSlop = 4;
+    private int mHandwritingSlop = 2;
 
     private static final Rect sHwArea1;
     private static final Rect sHwArea2;