diff --git a/core/java/android/app/admin/PasswordMetrics.java b/core/java/android/app/admin/PasswordMetrics.java
index 251c5d83fbb9c..9b64d8fe84b4d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/admin/PasswordMetrics.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/admin/PasswordMetrics.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import static com.android.internal.widget.LockPatternUtils.CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PASSW
 import static com.android.internal.widget.LockPatternUtils.CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PATTERN;
 import static com.android.internal.widget.LockPatternUtils.CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PIN;
 import static com.android.internal.widget.LockPatternUtils.MIN_LOCK_PASSWORD_SIZE;
+import static com.android.internal.widget.LockPatternUtils.MIN_LOCK_PATTERN_SIZE;
 import static com.android.internal.widget.PasswordValidationError.CONTAINS_INVALID_CHARACTERS;
 import static com.android.internal.widget.PasswordValidationError.CONTAINS_SEQUENCE;
 import static com.android.internal.widget.PasswordValidationError.NOT_ENOUGH_DIGITS;
@@ -201,7 +202,9 @@ public final class PasswordMetrics implements Parcelable {
             return PasswordMetrics.computeForPasswordOrPin(credential.getCredential(),
                     credential.isPin());
         } else if (credential.isPattern())  {
-            return new PasswordMetrics(CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PATTERN);
+            PasswordMetrics metrics = new PasswordMetrics(CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PATTERN);
+            metrics.length = credential.size();
+            return metrics;
         } else if (credential.isNone()) {
             return new PasswordMetrics(CREDENTIAL_TYPE_NONE);
         } else {
@@ -529,13 +532,8 @@ public final class PasswordMetrics implements Parcelable {
             return Collections.singletonList(
                     new PasswordValidationError(CONTAINS_INVALID_CHARACTERS, 0));
         }
-        if (credential.isPassword() || credential.isPin()) {
-            return validatePassword(adminMetrics, minComplexity, credential.isPin(),
-                    credential.getCredential());
-        } else {
-            return validatePasswordMetrics(adminMetrics, minComplexity,
-                    new PasswordMetrics(credential.getType()));
-        }
+        PasswordMetrics actualMetrics = computeForCredential(credential);
+        return validatePasswordMetrics(adminMetrics, minComplexity, actualMetrics);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -584,9 +582,18 @@ public final class PasswordMetrics implements Parcelable {
                 || !bucket.allowsCredType(actualMetrics.credType)) {
             return Collections.singletonList(new PasswordValidationError(WEAK_CREDENTIAL_TYPE, 0));
         }
-        if (actualMetrics.credType != CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PASSWORD
-                && actualMetrics.credType != CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PIN) {
-            return Collections.emptyList(); // Nothing to check for pattern or none.
+        if (actualMetrics.credType == CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PATTERN) {
+            // For pattern, only need to check the length against the hardcoded minimum.  If the
+            // pattern length is unavailable (e.g., PasswordMetrics that was stored on-disk before
+            // the pattern length started being included in it), assume it is okay.
+            if (actualMetrics.length != 0 && actualMetrics.length < MIN_LOCK_PATTERN_SIZE) {
+                return Collections.singletonList(new PasswordValidationError(TOO_SHORT,
+                            MIN_LOCK_PATTERN_SIZE));
+            }
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        if (actualMetrics.credType == CREDENTIAL_TYPE_NONE) {
+            return Collections.emptyList(); // Nothing to check for none.
         }
 
         if (actualMetrics.credType == CREDENTIAL_TYPE_PIN && actualMetrics.nonNumeric > 0) {
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/app/admin/PasswordMetricsTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/app/admin/PasswordMetricsTest.java
index 84c54006fc67b..3c476300cf6bd 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/app/admin/PasswordMetricsTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/app/admin/PasswordMetricsTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import android.platform.test.annotations.Presubmit;
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 
+import com.android.internal.widget.LockPatternUtils;
 import com.android.internal.widget.LockscreenCredential;
 import com.android.internal.widget.PasswordValidationError;
 
@@ -419,6 +420,21 @@ public class PasswordMetricsTest {
                 PasswordValidationError.TOO_SHORT, 6);
     }
 
+    private LockscreenCredential createPattern(String patternString) {
+        return LockscreenCredential.createPattern(LockPatternUtils.byteArrayToPattern(
+                patternString.getBytes()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testValidateCredential_pattern() {
+        PasswordMetrics adminMetrics = new PasswordMetrics(CREDENTIAL_TYPE_NONE);
+        assertValidationErrors(
+                validateCredential(adminMetrics, PASSWORD_COMPLEXITY_NONE, createPattern("123")),
+                PasswordValidationError.TOO_SHORT, 4);
+        assertValidationErrors(
+                validateCredential(adminMetrics, PASSWORD_COMPLEXITY_NONE, createPattern("1234")));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param expected sequence of validation error codes followed by requirement values, must have
      *                 even number of elements. Empty means no errors.