diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
index a666e664acba2..bd94a17de4022 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
@@ -3369,7 +3369,7 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
          *         otherwise
          */
         private boolean showsTimeOrChronometer() {
-            return mN.showsTimeOrChronometer();
+            return mN.showsTime() || mN.showsChronometer();
         }
 
         private void resetStandardTemplateWithActions(RemoteViews big) {
@@ -3865,14 +3865,21 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return true if the notification will show the time or the chronometer; false
-     *         otherwise
+     * @return true if the notification will show the time; false otherwise
      * @hide
      */
-    public boolean showsTimeOrChronometer() {
+    public boolean showsTime() {
         return when != 0 && extras.getBoolean(EXTRA_SHOW_WHEN);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return true if the notification will show a chronometer; false otherwise
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public boolean showsChronometer() {
+        return when != 0 && extras.getBoolean(EXTRA_SHOW_CHRONOMETER);
+    }
+
     /**
      * An object that can apply a rich notification style to a {@link Notification.Builder}
      * object.
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/NotificationHeaderUtil.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/NotificationHeaderUtil.java
index 3363993dd2894..7575dc8157b65 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/NotificationHeaderUtil.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/NotificationHeaderUtil.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class NotificationHeaderUtil {
         }
         // in case no view is visible we make sure the time is visible
         int timeVisibility = !hasVisibleText
-                || mRow.getStatusBarNotification().getNotification().showsTimeOrChronometer()
+                || mRow.getStatusBarNotification().getNotification().showsTime()
                 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE;
         time.setVisibility(timeVisibility);
         View left = null;