diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/graphics/palette/WSMeansQuantizer.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/graphics/palette/WSMeansQuantizer.java
index b4f216ba87fa6..1d865c2513cf1 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/graphics/palette/WSMeansQuantizer.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/graphics/palette/WSMeansQuantizer.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class WSMeansQuantizer implements Quantizer {
             // Note: they don't _have_ to be ignored, for example, we could instead turn them
             // opaque. Traditionally, including outside Android, quantizers ignore transparent
             // pixels, so that strategy was chosen.
-            int alpha = (pixel >> 24);
+            int alpha = (pixel >> 24) & 0xff;
             if (alpha < 255) {
                 continue;
             }