diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
index 3b16aba010e04..e6392b9d3a759 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
@@ -1005,6 +1005,12 @@ public class AutoCompleteTextView extends EditText implements Filter.FilterListe
     @Override
     protected void onFocusChanged(boolean focused, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) {
         super.onFocusChanged(focused, direction, previouslyFocusedRect);
+
+        if (mTemporaryDetach) {
+            // If we are temporarily in the detach state, then do nothing.
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Perform validation if the view is losing focus.
         if (!focused) {
             performValidation();
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
index 0917b32e89d48..5e83602bc3b04 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
@@ -287,9 +287,11 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
     private int mCurTextColor;
     private int mCurHintTextColor;
     private boolean mFreezesText;
-    private boolean mTemporaryDetach;
     private boolean mDispatchTemporaryDetach;
 
+    /** Whether this view is temporarily detached from the parent view. */
+    boolean mTemporaryDetach;
+
     private Editable.Factory mEditableFactory = Editable.Factory.getInstance();
     private Spannable.Factory mSpannableFactory = Spannable.Factory.getInstance();