diff --git a/res/xml/privacy_dashboard_settings.xml b/res/xml/privacy_dashboard_settings.xml
index 3ac6f4233b4..c0c48407726 100644
--- a/res/xml/privacy_dashboard_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/privacy_dashboard_settings.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     <Preference
         android:key="privacy_manage_perms"
         android:title="@string/app_permissions"
+        android:summary="@string/summary_placeholder"
         settings:allowDividerAbove="true"
         settings:keywords="@string/keywords_app_permissions"
         settings:controller="com.android.settings.applications.AppPermissionsPreferenceController">
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/applications/AppPermissionsPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/applications/AppPermissionsPreferenceController.java
index 59341d5447f..0a3bba7d07a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/applications/AppPermissionsPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/applications/AppPermissionsPreferenceController.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class AppPermissionsPreferenceController extends BasePreferenceController
         final CharSequence summary = !permissionsToShow.isEmpty()
                 ? mContext.getString(R.string.app_permissions_summary,
                 ListFormatter.getInstance().format(permissionsToShow).toLowerCase())
-                : null;
+                : mContext.getString(R.string.runtime_permissions_summary_no_permissions_granted);
         mPreference.setSummary(summary);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/applications/AppPermissionsPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/applications/AppPermissionsPreferenceControllerTest.java
index 986c2c77fb2..f0fdc9c4dff 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/applications/AppPermissionsPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/applications/AppPermissionsPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 
 import androidx.preference.Preference;
 
+import com.android.settings.R;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -70,14 +72,15 @@ public class AppPermissionsPreferenceControllerTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void updateSummary_noGrantedPermission_shouldSetNullSummary() {
+    public void updateSummary_noGrantedPermission_shouldSetNoPermissionGrantedSummary() {
         doNothing().when(mController).queryPermissionSummary();
         mController.updateState(mPreference);
         mController.mNumPackageChecked = 2;
 
         mController.updateSummary(new ArrayList<>());
 
-        assertThat(mPreference.getSummary()).isNull();
+        assertThat(mPreference.getSummary()).isEqualTo(
+                mContext.getString(R.string.runtime_permissions_summary_no_permissions_granted));
     }
 
     @Test