diff --git a/core/java/android/service/voice/VoiceInteractionService.java b/core/java/android/service/voice/VoiceInteractionService.java
index 884fa9f26e828..91b1cc422c099 100644
--- a/core/java/android/service/voice/VoiceInteractionService.java
+++ b/core/java/android/service/voice/VoiceInteractionService.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class VoiceInteractionService extends Service {
     @Deprecated
     public final AlwaysOnHotwordDetector createAlwaysOnHotwordDetector(
             String keyphrase, String locale, AlwaysOnHotwordDetector.Callback callback) {
-        return createAlwaysOnHotwordDetector(keyphrase, new Locale(locale), callback);
+        return createAlwaysOnHotwordDetector(keyphrase, Locale.forLanguageTag(locale), callback);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/VoiceInteraction/src/com/android/test/voiceinteraction/MainInteractionService.java b/tests/VoiceInteraction/src/com/android/test/voiceinteraction/MainInteractionService.java
index 1233c0c010784..e1a579c7a00fc 100644
--- a/tests/VoiceInteraction/src/com/android/test/voiceinteraction/MainInteractionService.java
+++ b/tests/VoiceInteraction/src/com/android/test/voiceinteraction/MainInteractionService.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class MainInteractionService extends VoiceInteractionService {
                 + Arrays.toString(getKeyphraseEnrollmentInfo().listKeyphraseMetadata()));
 
         mHotwordDetector = createAlwaysOnHotwordDetector(
-                "Hello There", new Locale("en-US"), mHotwordCallback);
+                "Hello There", Locale.forLanguageTag("en-US"), mHotwordCallback);
     }
 
     @Override