diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MmsMessagePreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MmsMessagePreferenceController.java
index 54a106a2f68..8f59f0e5752 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MmsMessagePreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MmsMessagePreferenceController.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import android.telephony.SubscriptionManager;
 import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
 import android.telephony.data.ApnSetting;
 
+import androidx.preference.Preference;
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
 
 import com.android.settings.network.MobileDataContentObserver;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public class MmsMessagePreferenceController extends TelephonyTogglePreferenceCon
     private TelephonyManager mTelephonyManager;
     private MobileDataContentObserver mMobileDataContentObserver;
     private PreferenceScreen mScreen;
+    private Preference mPreference;
 
     public MmsMessagePreferenceController(Context context, String key) {
         super(context, key);
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ public class MmsMessagePreferenceController extends TelephonyTogglePreferenceCon
     public void onStart() {
         if (mSubId != SubscriptionManager.INVALID_SUBSCRIPTION_ID) {
             mMobileDataContentObserver.register(mContext, mSubId);
+            updateState(mPreference);
         }
     }
 
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ public class MmsMessagePreferenceController extends TelephonyTogglePreferenceCon
     public void displayPreference(PreferenceScreen screen) {
         super.displayPreference(screen);
         mScreen = screen;
+        mPreference = screen.findPreference(getPreferenceKey());
     }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MmsMessagePreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MmsMessagePreferenceControllerTest.java
index a0219a02891..127cdfdbad7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MmsMessagePreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MmsMessagePreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -21,15 +21,20 @@ import static com.android.settings.core.BasePreferenceController.CONDITIONALLY_U
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Looper;
 import android.telephony.SubscriptionManager;
 import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
 import android.telephony.data.ApnSetting;
 
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager;
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
 import androidx.preference.SwitchPreference;
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider;
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ public class MmsMessagePreferenceControllerTest {
         when(mContext.getSystemService(SubscriptionManager.class)).thenReturn(mSubscriptionManager);
         when(mTelephonyManager.createForSubscriptionId(SUB_ID)).thenReturn(mTelephonyManager);
 
-        mPreference = new SwitchPreference(mContext);
+        mPreference = spy(new SwitchPreference(mContext));
         mController = new MmsMessagePreferenceController(mContext, "mms_message");
         mController.init(SUB_ID);
         mPreference.setKey(mController.getPreferenceKey());
@@ -118,4 +123,20 @@ public class MmsMessagePreferenceControllerTest {
         verify(mTelephonyManager).setMobileDataPolicyEnabled(
                 TelephonyManager.MOBILE_DATA_POLICY_MMS_ALWAYS_ALLOWED, false);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onStart_updatePreferenceUiState() {
+        if (Looper.myLooper() == null) {
+            Looper.prepare();
+        }
+        PreferenceManager preferenceManager = new PreferenceManager(mContext);
+        PreferenceScreen preferenceScreen = preferenceManager.createPreferenceScreen(mContext);
+        preferenceScreen.addPreference(mPreference);
+        mController.displayPreference(preferenceScreen);
+
+        mController.onStart();
+
+        // First is preference initialization, and second is in onStart();
+        verify(mPreference, times(2)).setChecked(anyBoolean());
+    }
 }