diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/SmsMessage.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/SmsMessage.java
index 56403ff4eeaff..1bd054b5b26c6 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/SmsMessage.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/SmsMessage.java
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ public class SmsMessage extends SmsMessageBase {
         CharSequence newMsgBody = null;
         Resources r = Resources.getSystem();
         if (r.getBoolean(com.android.internal.R.bool.config_sms_force_7bit_encoding)) {
-            newMsgBody = Sms7BitEncodingTranslator.translate(messageBody, true);
+            newMsgBody = Sms7BitEncodingTranslator.translate(messageBody, true /* isCdmaFormat */);
         }
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(newMsgBody)) {
             newMsgBody = messageBody;
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/SmsMessage.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/SmsMessage.java
index 1a6c7b58c7e3d..a6156ff209128 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/SmsMessage.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/SmsMessage.java
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ public class SmsMessage extends SmsMessageBase {
         CharSequence newMsgBody = null;
         Resources r = Resources.getSystem();
         if (r.getBoolean(com.android.internal.R.bool.config_sms_force_7bit_encoding)) {
-            newMsgBody = Sms7BitEncodingTranslator.translate(msgBody, false);
+            newMsgBody = Sms7BitEncodingTranslator.translate(msgBody, false /* isCdmaFormat */);
         }
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(newMsgBody)) {
             newMsgBody = msgBody;