diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Settings.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Settings.java
index 5eb3657..8953731 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Settings.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Settings.java
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@
                     && isBigramPredictionEnabled(prefs, res);
 
             mAutoCorrectionThreshold = getAutoCorrectionThreshold(prefs, res);
+
+            Utils.setSystemLocale(res, savedLocale);
         }
 
         public boolean isSuggestedPunctuation(int code) {