diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/data/ApnSetting.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/data/ApnSetting.java
index 235ed842b749c..dbbe1adc342a1 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/data/ApnSetting.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/data/ApnSetting.java
@@ -2193,11 +2193,10 @@ public class ApnSetting implements Parcelable {
             }
             if ((mApnTypeBitmask & TYPE_MMS) != 0 && !TextUtils.isEmpty(mMmsProxyAddress)
                     && mMmsProxyAddress.startsWith("http")) {
-                if (Build.IS_DEBUGGABLE) {
-                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("mms proxy(" +  mMmsProxyAddress
-                            + ") should be a hostname, not a url");
-                }
-                return null;
+                Log.wtf(LOG_TAG,"mms proxy(" + mMmsProxyAddress
+                        + ") should be a hostname, not a url");
+                Uri mMmsProxyAddressUri = Uri.parse(mMmsProxyAddress);
+                mMmsProxyAddress = mMmsProxyAddressUri.getHost();
             }
             return new ApnSetting(this);
         }