diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
index 0dccba0..d65602c 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@
         private static final int ARG1_DISMISS_GESTURE_FLOATING_PREVIEW_TEXT = 1;
         private static final int ARG1_SHOW_GESTURE_FLOATING_PREVIEW_TEXT = 2;
         private static final int ARG2_UNUSED = 0;
+        private static final int ARG1_FALSE = 0;
+        private static final int ARG1_TRUE = 1;
 
         private int mDelayUpdateSuggestions;
         private int mDelayUpdateShiftState;
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@
             case MSG_RESUME_SUGGESTIONS:
                 latinIme.mInputLogic.restartSuggestionsOnWordTouchedByCursor(
                         latinIme.mSettings.getCurrent(),
-                        false /* includeResumedWordInSuggestions */);
+                        msg.arg1 == ARG1_TRUE /* shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions */);
                 break;
             case MSG_REOPEN_DICTIONARIES:
                 latinIme.resetSuggest();
@@ -250,7 +252,7 @@
             sendMessage(obtainMessage(MSG_REOPEN_DICTIONARIES));
         }
 
-        public void postResumeSuggestions() {
+        public void postResumeSuggestions(final boolean shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions) {
             final LatinIME latinIme = getOwnerInstance();
             if (latinIme == null) {
                 return;
@@ -260,7 +262,10 @@
                 return;
             }
             removeMessages(MSG_RESUME_SUGGESTIONS);
-            sendMessageDelayed(obtainMessage(MSG_RESUME_SUGGESTIONS), mDelayUpdateSuggestions);
+            sendMessageDelayed(obtainMessage(MSG_RESUME_SUGGESTIONS,
+                    shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions ? ARG1_TRUE : ARG1_FALSE,
+                            0 /* ignored */),
+                    mDelayUpdateSuggestions);
         }
 
         public void postResetCaches(final boolean tryResumeSuggestions, final int remainingTries) {
@@ -808,7 +813,7 @@
             // When rotating, initialSelStart and initialSelEnd sometimes are lying. Make a best
             // effort to work around this bug.
             mInputLogic.mConnection.tryFixLyingCursorPosition();
-            mHandler.postResumeSuggestions();
+            mHandler.postResumeSuggestions(true /* shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions */);
             canReachInputConnection = true;
         }
 
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
index 7030ee3..c90dc90 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
         // The cursor has been moved : we now accept to perform recapitalization
         mRecapitalizeStatus.enable();
         // We moved the cursor. If we are touching a word, we need to resume suggestion.
-        mLatinIME.mHandler.postResumeSuggestions();
+        mLatinIME.mHandler.postResumeSuggestions(false /* shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions */);
         // Stop the last recapitalization, if started.
         mRecapitalizeStatus.stop();
         return true;
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@
                     && !mConnection.isCursorFollowedByWordCharacter(
                             inputTransaction.mSettingsValues.mSpacingAndPunctuations)) {
                 restartSuggestionsOnWordTouchedByCursor(inputTransaction.mSettingsValues,
-                        true /* includeResumedWordInSuggestions */);
+                        true /* shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions */);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1238,12 +1238,12 @@
      * do nothing.
      *
      * @param settingsValues the current values of the settings.
-     * @param includeResumedWordInSuggestions whether to include the word on which we resume
+     * @param shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions whether to include the word on which we resume
      *   suggestions in the suggestion list.
      */
     // TODO: make this private.
     public void restartSuggestionsOnWordTouchedByCursor(final SettingsValues settingsValues,
-            final boolean includeResumedWordInSuggestions) {
+            final boolean shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions) {
         // HACK: We may want to special-case some apps that exhibit bad behavior in case of
         // recorrection. This is a temporary, stopgap measure that will be removed later.
         // TODO: remove this.
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@
         if (numberOfCharsInWordBeforeCursor > expectedCursorPosition) return;
         final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions = new ArrayList<>();
         final String typedWord = range.mWord.toString();
-        if (includeResumedWordInSuggestions) {
+        if (shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions) {
             suggestions.add(new SuggestedWordInfo(typedWord,
                     SuggestedWords.MAX_SUGGESTIONS + 1,
                     SuggestedWordInfo.KIND_TYPED, Dictionary.DICTIONARY_USER_TYPED,
@@ -1327,9 +1327,10 @@
                 typedWord.codePointCount(0, numberOfCharsInWordBeforeCursor));
         mConnection.setComposingRegion(expectedCursorPosition - numberOfCharsInWordBeforeCursor,
                 expectedCursorPosition + range.getNumberOfCharsInWordAfterCursor());
-        if (suggestions.isEmpty()) {
-            // We come here if there weren't any suggestion spans on this word. We will try to
-            // compute suggestions for it instead.
+        if (suggestions.size() <= (shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions ? 1 : 0)) {
+            // If there weren't any suggestion spans on this word, suggestions#size() will be 1
+            // if shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions is true, 0 otherwise. In this case, we
+            // have no useful suggestions, so we will try to compute some for it instead.
             mInputLogicHandler.getSuggestedWords(Suggest.SESSION_TYPING,
                     SuggestedWords.NOT_A_SEQUENCE_NUMBER, new OnGetSuggestedWordsCallback() {
                         @Override
@@ -1337,7 +1338,7 @@
                                 final SuggestedWords suggestedWordsIncludingTypedWord) {
                             final SuggestedWords suggestedWords;
                             if (suggestedWordsIncludingTypedWord.size() > 1
-                                    && !includeResumedWordInSuggestions) {
+                                    && !shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions) {
                                 // We were able to compute new suggestions for this word.
                                 // Remove the typed word, since we don't want to display it in this
                                 // case. The #getSuggestedWordsExcludingTypedWord() method sets
@@ -1944,7 +1945,9 @@
         }
         mConnection.tryFixLyingCursorPosition();
         if (tryResumeSuggestions) {
-            handler.postResumeSuggestions();
+            // This is triggered when starting input anew, so we want to include the resumed
+            // word in suggestions.
+            handler.postResumeSuggestions(true /* shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions */);
         }
         return true;
     }