diff --git a/core/java/android/text/Html.java b/core/java/android/text/Html.java
index 85a3bbbaf2f18..ca7263c3f67d9 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/Html.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/Html.java
@@ -499,11 +499,11 @@ class HtmlToSpannedConverter implements ContentHandler {
             handleP(mSpannableStringBuilder);
         } else if (tag.equalsIgnoreCase("div")) {
             handleP(mSpannableStringBuilder);
-        } else if (tag.equalsIgnoreCase("em")) {
+        } else if (tag.equalsIgnoreCase("strong")) {
             end(mSpannableStringBuilder, Bold.class, new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD));
         } else if (tag.equalsIgnoreCase("b")) {
             end(mSpannableStringBuilder, Bold.class, new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD));
-        } else if (tag.equalsIgnoreCase("strong")) {
+        } else if (tag.equalsIgnoreCase("em")) {
             end(mSpannableStringBuilder, Italic.class, new StyleSpan(Typeface.ITALIC));
         } else if (tag.equalsIgnoreCase("cite")) {
             end(mSpannableStringBuilder, Italic.class, new StyleSpan(Typeface.ITALIC));