diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/SelectionActionModeHelper.java b/core/java/android/widget/SelectionActionModeHelper.java
index 2d1f17a420fa..a0ec48bc6beb 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/SelectionActionModeHelper.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/SelectionActionModeHelper.java
@@ -297,12 +297,12 @@ public final class SelectionActionModeHelper {
         } else {
             mTextClassification = null;
         }
-        final SelectionModifierCursorController controller = mEditor.getSelectionController();
-        if (controller != null
-                && (mTextView.isTextSelectable() || mTextView.isTextEditable())) {
-            controller.show();
-        }
         if (mEditor.startActionModeInternal(actionMode)) {
+            final SelectionModifierCursorController controller = mEditor.getSelectionController();
+            if (controller != null
+                    && (mTextView.isTextSelectable() || mTextView.isTextEditable())) {
+                controller.show();
+            }
             if (result != null) {
                 switch (actionMode) {
                     case Editor.TextActionMode.SELECTION:
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/TextViewActivityTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/TextViewActivityTest.java
index 40ef04a5e369..152992cc57a4 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/TextViewActivityTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/TextViewActivityTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package android.widget;
 
 import static android.widget.espresso.CustomViewActions.longPressAtRelativeCoordinates;
+import static android.widget.espresso.DragHandleUtils.assertNoSelectionHandles;
 import static android.widget.espresso.DragHandleUtils.onHandleView;
 import static android.widget.espresso.FloatingToolbarEspressoUtils.assertFloatingToolbarContainsItem;
 import static android.widget.espresso.FloatingToolbarEspressoUtils.assertFloatingToolbarDoesNotContainItem;
@@ -425,6 +426,41 @@ public class TextViewActivityTest {
         assertEquals(latestItem[0], clickedItem[0]);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSelectionOnCreateActionModeReturnsFalse() throws Throwable {
+        final String text = "hello world";
+        mActivityRule.runOnUiThread(() -> {
+            final TextView textView = mActivity.findViewById(R.id.textview);
+            textView.setText(text);
+            textView.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(
+                    new ActionMode.Callback() {
+                        @Override
+                        public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+
+                        @Override
+                        public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+
+                        @Override
+                        public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+
+
+                        @Override
+                        public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {
+                        }
+                    });
+        });
+        mInstrumentation.waitForIdleSync();
+        onView(withId(R.id.textview)).perform(longPressOnTextAtIndex(text.indexOf("d")));
+        mInstrumentation.waitForIdleSync();
+        assertNoSelectionHandles();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSelectionRemovedWhenNonselectableTextLosesFocus() throws Throwable {
         final TextLinks.TextLink textLink = addLinkifiedTextToTextView(R.id.nonselectable_textview);