diff --git a/core/java/android/text/StaticLayout.java b/core/java/android/text/StaticLayout.java
index d63d66e965c25..2f85d2b63840b 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/StaticLayout.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/StaticLayout.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public class StaticLayout extends Layout {
             b.mBreakStrategy = Layout.BREAK_STRATEGY_SIMPLE;
             b.mHyphenationFrequency = Layout.HYPHENATION_FREQUENCY_NONE;
             b.mJustificationMode = Layout.JUSTIFICATION_MODE_NONE;
+            b.mLineBreakConfig = LineBreakConfig.NONE;
             return b;
         }
 
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ public class StaticLayout extends Layout {
         @Nullable private int[] mRightIndents;
         private int mJustificationMode;
         private boolean mAddLastLineLineSpacing;
-        private LineBreakConfig mLineBreakConfig;
+        private LineBreakConfig mLineBreakConfig = LineBreakConfig.NONE;
 
         private final Paint.FontMetricsInt mFontMetricsInt = new Paint.FontMetricsInt();