diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/ContextualCardManager.java b/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/ContextualCardManager.java
index 8bb8b4dd86a..30eae298752 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/ContextualCardManager.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/ContextualCardManager.java
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ public class ContextualCardManager implements ContextualCardLoader.CardContentLo
     private static final int[] SETTINGS_CARDS =
             {ContextualCard.CardType.CONDITIONAL, ContextualCard.CardType.LEGACY_SUGGESTION};
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    final List<ContextualCard> mContextualCards;
+
     private final Context mContext;
     private final ControllerRendererPool mControllerRendererPool;
     private final Lifecycle mLifecycle;
-    private final List<ContextualCard> mContextualCards;
     private final List<LifecycleObserver> mLifecycleObservers;
 
     private ContextualCardUpdateListener mListener;
@@ -122,10 +124,23 @@ public class ContextualCardManager implements ContextualCardLoader.CardContentLo
     public void onContextualCardUpdated(Map<Integer, List<ContextualCard>> updateList) {
         final Set<Integer> cardTypes = updateList.keySet();
         //Remove the existing data that matches the certain cardType before inserting new data.
-        final List<ContextualCard> cardsToKeep = mContextualCards
-                .stream()
-                .filter(card -> !cardTypes.contains(card.getCardType()))
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        List<ContextualCard> cardsToKeep;
+
+        // We are not sure how many card types will be in the database, so when the list coming
+        // from the database is empty (e.g. no eligible cards/cards are dismissed), we cannot
+        // assign a specific card type for its map which is sending here. Thus, we assume that
+        // except Conditional cards, all other cards are from the database. So when the map sent
+        // here is empty, we only keep Conditional cards.
+        if (cardTypes.isEmpty()) {
+            cardsToKeep = mContextualCards.stream()
+                    .filter(card -> card.getCardType() == ContextualCard.CardType.CONDITIONAL)
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        } else {
+            cardsToKeep = mContextualCards.stream()
+                    .filter(card -> !cardTypes.contains(card.getCardType()))
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        }
+
         final List<ContextualCard> allCards = new ArrayList<>();
         allCards.addAll(cardsToKeep);
         allCards.addAll(
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/ContextualCardManagerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/ContextualCardManagerTest.java
index 091a51b1d4c..82876722efa 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/ContextualCardManagerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/ContextualCardManagerTest.java
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ package com.android.settings.homepage.contextualcards;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyMap;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
+
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.net.Uri;
+import android.util.ArrayMap;
 
 import com.android.settings.homepage.contextualcards.conditional.ConditionalContextualCard;
 import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
@@ -27,6 +31,8 @@ import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -35,11 +41,17 @@ import java.util.List;
 @RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
 public class ContextualCardManagerTest {
 
+    private static final String TEST_SLICE_URI = "context://test/test";
+
+    @Mock
+    ContextualCardUpdateListener mListener;
+
     private Context mContext;
     private ContextualCardManager mManager;
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
         mContext = RuntimeEnvironment.application;
         final ContextualCardsFragment fragment = new ContextualCardsFragment();
         mManager = new ContextualCardManager(mContext, fragment.getSettingsLifecycle());
@@ -47,10 +59,9 @@ public class ContextualCardManagerTest {
 
     @Test
     public void sortCards_hasConditionalAndSliceCards_conditionalShouldAlwaysBeTheLast() {
-        final String sliceUri = "content://com.android.settings.slices/action/flashlight";
         final List<ContextualCard> cards = new ArrayList<>();
         cards.add(new ConditionalContextualCard.Builder().build());
-        cards.add(buildContextualCard(sliceUri));
+        cards.add(buildContextualCard(TEST_SLICE_URI));
 
         final List<ContextualCard> sortedCards = mManager.sortCards(cards);
 
@@ -58,6 +69,21 @@ public class ContextualCardManagerTest {
                 .isEqualTo(ContextualCard.CardType.CONDITIONAL);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void onContextualCardUpdated_emtpyMapWithExistingCards_shouldOnlyKeepConditionalCard() {
+        mManager.mContextualCards.add(new ConditionalContextualCard.Builder().build());
+        mManager.mContextualCards.add(
+                buildContextualCard(TEST_SLICE_URI));
+        mManager.setListener(mListener);
+
+        //Simulate database returns no contents.
+        mManager.onContextualCardUpdated(new ArrayMap<>());
+
+        assertThat(mManager.mContextualCards).hasSize(1);
+        assertThat(mManager.mContextualCards.get(0).getCardType())
+                .isEqualTo(ContextualCard.CardType.CONDITIONAL);
+    }
+
     private ContextualCard buildContextualCard(String sliceUri) {
         return new ContextualCard.Builder()
                 .setName("test_name")