diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/Utils.java b/src/com/android/settings/Utils.java
index 0142ea2ff99..7b69fe0fa03 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/Utils.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/Utils.java
@@ -602,7 +602,8 @@ public final class Utils extends com.android.settingslib.Utils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the managed profile of the current user or null if none found.
+     * Returns the managed profile of the current user or {@code null} if none is found or a profile
+     * exists but it is disabled.
      */
     public static UserHandle getManagedProfile(UserManager userManager) {
         List<UserHandle> userProfiles = userManager.getUserProfiles();
@@ -620,6 +621,29 @@ public final class Utils extends com.android.settingslib.Utils {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the managed profile of the current user or {@code null} if none is found. Unlike
+     * {@link #getManagedProfile} this method returns enabled and disabled managed profiles.
+     */
+    public static UserHandle getManagedProfileWithDisabled(UserManager userManager) {
+        // TODO: Call getManagedProfileId from here once Robolectric supports
+        // API level 24 and UserManager.getProfileIdsWithDisabled can be Mocked (to avoid having
+        // yet another implementation that loops over user profiles in this method). In the meantime
+        // we need to use UserManager.getProfiles that is available on API 23 (the one currently
+        // used for Settings Robolectric tests).
+        final int myUserId = UserHandle.myUserId();
+        List<UserInfo> profiles = userManager.getProfiles(myUserId);
+        final int count = profiles.size();
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+            final UserInfo profile = profiles.get(i);
+            if (profile.isManagedProfile()
+                    && profile.getUserHandle().getIdentifier() != myUserId) {
+                return profile.getUserHandle();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieves the id for the given user's managed profile.
      *
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceController.java
index 1d08968fce4..acf43aa635b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceController.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceController extends AutoSyncPersonalDataPr
 
     public AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceController(Context context, Fragment parent) {
         super(context, parent);
-        mUserHandle = Utils.getManagedProfile(mUserManager);
+        mUserHandle = Utils.getManagedProfileWithDisabled(mUserManager);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceControllerTest.java
index d93d3a7d47e..cd66d5e37dc 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static android.content.pm.UserInfo.FLAG_MANAGED_PROFILE;
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyInt;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import android.app.Fragment;
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 @Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION)
 public class AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceControllerTest {
 
+    private static int MANAGED_PROFILE_ID = 10;
+
     @Mock(answer = RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS)
     private UserManager mUserManager;
     @Mock(answer = RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS)
@@ -80,29 +83,30 @@ public class AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceControllerTest {
 
     @Test
     public void checkIsAvailable_singleUserProfile_shouldNotDisplay() {
-        final List<UserInfo> infos = new ArrayList<>();
-        infos.add(new UserInfo(1, "user 1", 0));
         when(mUserManager.isManagedProfile()).thenReturn(false);
         when(mUserManager.isLinkedUser()).thenReturn(false);
-        when(mUserManager.getProfiles(anyInt())).thenReturn(infos);
+
+        final List<UserInfo> infos = new ArrayList<>();
+        infos.add(new UserInfo(UserHandle.USER_SYSTEM, "user 1", 0 /* flags */));
+        when(mUserManager.getProfiles(eq(UserHandle.USER_SYSTEM))).thenReturn(infos);
 
         assertThat(mController.isAvailable()).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
     public void multipleProfile_shouldInitWithWorkProfileUserHandle() {
-        final int id1 = 1;
-        final int id2 = 2;
-        final UserInfo managedUser = new UserInfo(id2, "user 2", FLAG_MANAGED_PROFILE);
-        final List<UserHandle> infos = new ArrayList<>();
-        infos.add(new UserHandle(id1));
-        infos.add(new UserHandle(id2));
-        when(mUserManager.getUserProfiles()).thenReturn(infos);
-        when(mUserManager.getUserHandle()).thenReturn(id1);
-        when(mUserManager.getUserInfo(id2)).thenReturn(managedUser);
+        when(mUserManager.isManagedProfile()).thenReturn(false);
+        when(mUserManager.isLinkedUser()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        final List<UserInfo> infos = new ArrayList<>();
+        infos.add(new UserInfo(UserHandle.USER_SYSTEM, "user 1", 0 /* flags */));
+        infos.add(new UserInfo(
+                MANAGED_PROFILE_ID, "work profile", UserInfo.FLAG_MANAGED_PROFILE));
+        when(mUserManager.getProfiles(eq(UserHandle.USER_SYSTEM))).thenReturn(infos);
 
         mController = new AutoSyncWorkDataPreferenceController(mContext, mFragment);
 
-        assertThat(mController.mUserHandle.getIdentifier()).isEqualTo(id2);
+        assertThat(mController.mUserHandle.getIdentifier()).isEqualTo(MANAGED_PROFILE_ID);
+        assertThat(mController.isAvailable()).isTrue();
     }
 }