diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 2d7813d07c77f..3933f07f2bccb 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -6386,7 +6386,7 @@ package android.telephony {
     method @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE) public int getVoiceActivationState();
     method @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE) public boolean handlePinMmi(String);
     method @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE) public boolean handlePinMmiForSubscriber(int, String);
-    method @Nullable @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE) public boolean iccCloseLogicalChannelBySlot(int, int);
+    method @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE) public boolean iccCloseLogicalChannelBySlot(int, int);
     method @Nullable @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE) public android.telephony.IccOpenLogicalChannelResponse iccOpenLogicalChannelBySlot(int, @Nullable String, int);
     method @NonNull @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE) public String iccTransmitApduBasicChannelBySlot(int, int, int, int, int, int, @Nullable String);
     method @Nullable @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE) public String iccTransmitApduLogicalChannelBySlot(int, int, int, int, int, int, int, @Nullable String);
diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
index 1b9c8de4d79e8..ad13cc84bf43b 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
@@ -5272,7 +5272,6 @@ public class TelephonyManager {
      */
     @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE)
     @SystemApi
-    @Nullable
     public boolean iccCloseLogicalChannelBySlot(int slotIndex, int channel) {
         try {
             ITelephony telephony = getITelephony();
@@ -5349,8 +5348,8 @@ public class TelephonyManager {
      * @param p3 P3 value of the APDU command. If p3 is negative a 4 byte APDU
      *            is sent to the SIM.
      * @param data Data to be sent with the APDU.
-     * @return The APDU response from the ICC card with the status appended at
-     *            the end.
+     * @return The APDU response from the ICC card with the status appended at the end, or null if
+     * there is an issue connecting to the Telephony service.
      * @hide
      */
     @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE)