diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/PhoneNumberUtils.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/PhoneNumberUtils.java
index 3e8d25558fe8f..ea349bf4b3573 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/PhoneNumberUtils.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/PhoneNumberUtils.java
@@ -1567,6 +1567,14 @@ public class PhoneNumberUtils
         // that has been collected.
         if (util.isValidNumber(pn)) {
           return false;
+        } else if ("BR".equalsIgnoreCase(defaultCountryIso) && number.length() >= 8) {
+          // This is to prevent Brazilian local numbers which start with 911 being incorrectly
+          // classified as emergency numbers. 911 is not an emergency number in Brazil; it is also
+          // not possible to append additional digits to an emergency number to dial the number in
+          // Brazil - it won't connect.
+          // TODO: Clean this up once a list of country-specific known emergency numbers is
+          // collected.
+          return false;
         }
       } catch (NumberParseException e) {
       }
diff --git a/telephony/tests/telephonytests/src/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneNumberUtilsTest.java b/telephony/tests/telephonytests/src/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneNumberUtilsTest.java
index d3e4b78fde9d2..849ff48da9b1f 100644
--- a/telephony/tests/telephonytests/src/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneNumberUtilsTest.java
+++ b/telephony/tests/telephonytests/src/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneNumberUtilsTest.java
@@ -551,5 +551,8 @@ public class PhoneNumberUtilsTest extends AndroidTestCase {
       // A valid fixed-line phone number from Brazil shouldn't be classified as an emergency number
       // in Brazil, as 112 is not an emergency number there.
       assertFalse(PhoneNumberUtils.isEmergencyNumber("1121234567", "BR"));
+      // A valid local phone number from Brazil shouldn't be classified as an emergency number in
+      // Brazil.
+      assertFalse(PhoneNumberUtils.isEmergencyNumber("91112345", "BR"));
     }
 }