diff --git a/core/java/android/content/res/AssetManager.java b/core/java/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
index a05f5c927b297..c8bbb0c1994d6 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ public final class AssetManager implements AutoCloseable {
     @GuardedBy("sSync") private static ApkAssets[] sSystemApkAssets = new ApkAssets[0];
     @GuardedBy("sSync") private static ArraySet<ApkAssets> sSystemApkAssetsSet;
 
+    /**
+     * Cookie value to use when the actual cookie is unknown. This value tells the system to search
+     * all the ApkAssets for the asset.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int COOKIE_UNKNOWN = -1;
+
     /**
      * Mode for {@link #open(String, int)}: no specific information about how
      * data will be accessed.
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Typeface.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Typeface.java
index 61f7facf09161..a2f5301e353fd 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Typeface.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Typeface.java
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public class Typeface {
             FontFamily.Builder familyBuilder = null;
             for (final FontFileResourceEntry fontFile : filesEntry.getEntries()) {
                 final Font.Builder fontBuilder = new Font.Builder(mgr, fontFile.getFileName(),
-                        false /* isAsset */, 0 /* cookie */)
+                        false /* isAsset */, AssetManager.COOKIE_UNKNOWN)
                         .setTtcIndex(fontFile.getTtcIndex())
                         .setFontVariationSettings(fontFile.getVariationSettings());
                 if (fontFile.getWeight() != Typeface.RESOLVE_BY_FONT_TABLE) {
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/fonts/Font.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/fonts/Font.java
index cd7936d50dffb..abd0be9c2872a 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/fonts/Font.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/fonts/Font.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public final class Font {
          */
         public Builder(@NonNull AssetManager am, @NonNull String path) {
             try {
-                mBuffer = createBuffer(am, path, true /* is asset */, 0 /* cookie */);
+                mBuffer = createBuffer(am, path, true /* is asset */, AssetManager.COOKIE_UNKNOWN);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 mException = e;
             }