diff --git a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
index 2f4554f1f7fea..f9b11b9ab2549 100644
--- a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
+++ b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
@@ -13940,8 +13940,8 @@ public class DevicePolicyManagerService extends BaseIDevicePolicyManager {
                             granted = PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED;
                         }
                     } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
-                        throw new RemoteException("Cannot check if " + permission
-                                + "is a runtime permission", e, false, true);
+                        // Package does not exit
+                        return DevicePolicyManager.PERMISSION_GRANT_STATE_DEFAULT;
                     }
                 }
                 int permFlags = mInjector.getPackageManager().getPermissionFlags(