diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothSettings.java
index 2a1341ee7c7..d709726b6ee 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothSettings.java
@@ -428,10 +428,7 @@ public final class BluetoothSettings extends DeviceListPreferenceFragment implem
             });
         }
         getPreferenceScreen().removeAll();
-        Spannable boldSpan = (Spannable) emptyView.getText();
-        boldSpan.setSpan(
-                new TextAppearanceSpan(getActivity(), android.R.style.TextAppearance_Medium), 0,
-                briefText.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+        setTextSpan(emptyView.getText(), briefText);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -461,6 +458,16 @@ public final class BluetoothSettings extends DeviceListPreferenceFragment implem
         updateContent(mLocalAdapter.getBluetoothState());
     }
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    void setTextSpan(CharSequence text, CharSequence briefText) {
+        if (text instanceof Spannable) {
+            Spannable boldSpan = (Spannable) text;
+            boldSpan.setSpan(
+                new TextAppearanceSpan(getActivity(), android.R.style.TextAppearance_Medium), 0,
+                briefText.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+        }
+    }
+
     private final View.OnClickListener mDeviceProfilesListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
         @Override
         public void onClick(View v) {
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothSettingsTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothSettingsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e90fdf37a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/bluetooth/BluetoothSettingsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.bluetooth;
+
+import com.android.settings.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
+import com.android.settings.TestConfig;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+
+@RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
+@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION)
+public class BluetoothSettingsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void setTextSpan_notSpannable_shouldNotCrash() {
+        final String str = "test";
+        final BluetoothSettings settings = new BluetoothSettings();
+        settings.setTextSpan(str, "hello");
+    }
+
+}