diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/InputMethodManagerCompatWrapper.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/InputMethodManagerCompatWrapper.java
index 2b7e255..0c2a58e 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/InputMethodManagerCompatWrapper.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/InputMethodManagerCompatWrapper.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 
     // For the compatibility, IMM will create dummy subtypes if subtypes are not found.
     // This is required to be false if the current behavior is broken. For now, it's ok to be true.
-    private static final boolean ALLOW_DUMMY_SUBTYPE = true;
     private static final boolean HAS_VOICE_FUNCTION = true;
     private static final String VOICE_MODE = "voice";
     private static final String KEYBOARD_MODE = "keyboard";
@@ -119,11 +118,13 @@
         Object retval = CompatUtils.invoke(mImm, null, METHOD_getEnabledInputMethodSubtypeList,
                 (imi != null ? imi.getInputMethodInfo() : null), allowsImplicitlySelectedSubtypes);
         if (retval == null || !(retval instanceof List) || ((List<?>)retval).isEmpty()) {
-            if (!ALLOW_DUMMY_SUBTYPE) {
+            if (InputMethodServiceCompatWrapper.
+                    CAN_HANDLE_ON_CURRENT_INPUT_METHOD_SUBTYPE_CHANGED) {
                 // Returns an empty list
                 return Collections.emptyList();
             }
             // Creates dummy subtypes
+            @SuppressWarnings("unused")
             List<InputMethodSubtypeCompatWrapper> subtypeList =
                     new ArrayList<InputMethodSubtypeCompatWrapper>();
             InputMethodSubtypeCompatWrapper keyboardSubtype = getLastResortSubtype(KEYBOARD_MODE);
@@ -159,11 +160,13 @@
             getShortcutInputMethodsAndSubtypes() {
         Object retval = CompatUtils.invoke(mImm, null, METHOD_getShortcutInputMethodsAndSubtypes);
         if (retval == null || !(retval instanceof Map) || ((Map<?, ?>)retval).isEmpty()) {
-            if (!ALLOW_DUMMY_SUBTYPE) {
+            if (InputMethodServiceCompatWrapper.
+                    CAN_HANDLE_ON_CURRENT_INPUT_METHOD_SUBTYPE_CHANGED) {
                 // Returns an empty map
                 return Collections.emptyMap();
             }
             // Creates dummy subtypes
+            @SuppressWarnings("unused")
             InputMethodInfoCompatWrapper imi = getLatinImeInputMethodInfo();
             InputMethodSubtypeCompatWrapper voiceSubtype = getLastResortSubtype(VOICE_MODE);
             if (imi != null && voiceSubtype != null) {
@@ -196,8 +199,10 @@
 
     public void setInputMethodAndSubtype(
             IBinder token, String id, InputMethodSubtypeCompatWrapper subtype) {
-        CompatUtils.invoke(mImm, null, METHOD_setInputMethodAndSubtype,
-                token, id, subtype.getOriginalObject());
+        if (subtype != null && subtype.hasOriginalObject()) {
+            CompatUtils.invoke(mImm, null, METHOD_setInputMethodAndSubtype,
+                    token, id, subtype.getOriginalObject());
+        }
     }
 
     public boolean switchToLastInputMethod(IBinder token) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/InputMethodServiceCompatWrapper.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/InputMethodServiceCompatWrapper.java
index 399dcf2..d6afd06 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/InputMethodServiceCompatWrapper.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/InputMethodServiceCompatWrapper.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     // For the API level 11 or later, LatinIME should override onCurrentInputMethodSubtypeChanged().
     // For the API level 10 or previous, we handle the "subtype changed" events by ourselves
     // without having support from framework -- onCurrentInputMethodSubtypeChanged().
-    private static final boolean CAN_HANDLE_ON_CURRENT_INPUT_METHOD_SUBTYPE_CHANGED = true;
+    public static final boolean CAN_HANDLE_ON_CURRENT_INPUT_METHOD_SUBTYPE_CHANGED = true;
 
     private InputMethodManagerCompatWrapper mImm;
 
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeSwitcher.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeSwitcher.java
index 2cdc4d2..6321955 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeSwitcher.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeSwitcher.java
@@ -382,12 +382,16 @@
             return false;
         if (mShortcutSubtype == null)
             return true;
+        // For compatibility, if the shortcut subtype is dummy, we assume the shortcut IME
+        // (built-in voice dummy subtype) is available.
+        if (!mShortcutSubtype.hasOriginalObject()) return true;
         final boolean allowsImplicitlySelectedSubtypes = true;
         for (final InputMethodSubtypeCompatWrapper enabledSubtype :
                 mImm.getEnabledInputMethodSubtypeList(
                         mShortcutInputMethodInfo, allowsImplicitlySelectedSubtypes)) {
-            if (enabledSubtype.equals(mShortcutSubtype))
+            if (enabledSubtype.equals(mShortcutSubtype)) {
                 return true;
+            }
         }
         return false;
     }