diff --git a/core/java/android/net/Uri.java b/core/java/android/net/Uri.java
index 08bd67e3951ae..a490f73b75c8d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/Uri.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/Uri.java
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ public abstract class Uri implements Parcelable, Comparable<Uri> {
     /** Log tag. */
     private static final String LOG = Uri.class.getSimpleName();
 
+    /**
+     * NOTE: EMPTY accesses this field during its own initialization, so this
+     * field *must* be initialized first, or else EMPTY will see a null value!
+     *
+     * Placeholder for strings which haven't been cached. This enables us
+     * to cache null. We intentionally create a new String instance so we can
+     * compare its identity and there is no chance we will confuse it with
+     * user data.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("RedundantStringConstructorCall")
+    private static final String NOT_CACHED = new String("NOT CACHED");
+
     /**
      * The empty URI, equivalent to "".
      */
@@ -349,15 +361,6 @@ public abstract class Uri implements Parcelable, Comparable<Uri> {
     /** Placeholder value for an index which hasn't been calculated yet. */
     private final static int NOT_CALCULATED = -2;
 
-    /**
-     * Placeholder for strings which haven't been cached. This enables us
-     * to cache null. We intentionally create a new String instance so we can
-     * compare its identity and there is no chance we will confuse it with
-     * user data.
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("RedundantStringConstructorCall")
-    private static final String NOT_CACHED = new String("NOT CACHED");
-
     /**
      * Error message presented when a user tries to treat an opaque URI as
      * hierarchical.
diff --git a/tests/AndroidTests/run_test.sh b/tests/AndroidTests/run_test.sh
index 6c3710a1a2e4a..bc06b7e906bbe 100755
--- a/tests/AndroidTests/run_test.sh
+++ b/tests/AndroidTests/run_test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 framework=/system/framework
 bpath=$framework/core.jar:$framework/ext.jar:$framework/framework.jar:$framework/android.test.runner.jar
-adb shell exec dalvikvm  -Xbootclasspath:$bpath -cp system/app/AndroidTests.apk:data/app/AndroidTests.apk \
+adb shell exec dalvikvm  -Xbootclasspath:$bpath -cp /system/app/AndroidTests.apk:/data/app/com.android.unit_tests.apk:/data/app/AndroidTests.apk \
       com.android.internal.util.WithFramework junit.textui.TestRunner $*
diff --git a/tests/AndroidTests/src/com/android/unit_tests/UriTest.java b/tests/AndroidTests/src/com/android/unit_tests/UriTest.java
index 130beeb3d9893..e9d3cda43773a 100644
--- a/tests/AndroidTests/src/com/android/unit_tests/UriTest.java
+++ b/tests/AndroidTests/src/com/android/unit_tests/UriTest.java
@@ -499,4 +499,8 @@ public class UriTest extends TestCase {
 
         assertEquals(uriString, uri.toString());
     }
+
+    public void testEmptyToStringNotNull() {
+        assertNotNull(Uri.EMPTY.toString());
+    }
 }