diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
index 953c99f..5e8ffb7 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@
     }
 
     void systemReady() {
-        loadGlobalProxy();
+        mProxyTracker.loadGlobalProxy();
         registerNetdEventCallback();
 
         synchronized (this) {
@@ -3455,31 +3455,6 @@
         mProxyTracker.setGlobalProxy(proxyProperties);
     }
 
-    private void loadGlobalProxy() {
-        ContentResolver res = mContext.getContentResolver();
-        String host = Settings.Global.getString(res, Settings.Global.GLOBAL_HTTP_PROXY_HOST);
-        int port = Settings.Global.getInt(res, Settings.Global.GLOBAL_HTTP_PROXY_PORT, 0);
-        String exclList = Settings.Global.getString(res,
-                Settings.Global.GLOBAL_HTTP_PROXY_EXCLUSION_LIST);
-        String pacFileUrl = Settings.Global.getString(res, Settings.Global.GLOBAL_HTTP_PROXY_PAC);
-        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(host) || !TextUtils.isEmpty(pacFileUrl)) {
-            ProxyInfo proxyProperties;
-            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(pacFileUrl)) {
-                proxyProperties = new ProxyInfo(pacFileUrl);
-            } else {
-                proxyProperties = new ProxyInfo(host, port, exclList);
-            }
-            if (!proxyProperties.isValid()) {
-                if (DBG) log("Invalid proxy properties, ignoring: " + proxyProperties.toString());
-                return;
-            }
-
-            synchronized (mProxyTracker.mProxyLock) {
-                mProxyTracker.mGlobalProxy = proxyProperties;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     @Nullable
     public ProxyInfo getGlobalProxy() {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/ProxyTracker.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/ProxyTracker.java
index dc65e1e..b7bbd42 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/ProxyTracker.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/ProxyTracker.java
@@ -142,6 +142,35 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Read the global proxy settings and cache them in memory.
+     */
+    public void loadGlobalProxy() {
+        ContentResolver res = mContext.getContentResolver();
+        String host = Settings.Global.getString(res, Settings.Global.GLOBAL_HTTP_PROXY_HOST);
+        int port = Settings.Global.getInt(res, Settings.Global.GLOBAL_HTTP_PROXY_PORT, 0);
+        String exclList = Settings.Global.getString(res,
+                Settings.Global.GLOBAL_HTTP_PROXY_EXCLUSION_LIST);
+        String pacFileUrl = Settings.Global.getString(res, Settings.Global.GLOBAL_HTTP_PROXY_PAC);
+        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(host) || !TextUtils.isEmpty(pacFileUrl)) {
+            ProxyInfo proxyProperties;
+            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(pacFileUrl)) {
+                proxyProperties = new ProxyInfo(pacFileUrl);
+            } else {
+                proxyProperties = new ProxyInfo(host, port, exclList);
+            }
+            if (!proxyProperties.isValid()) {
+                if (DBG) Slog.d(TAG, "Invalid proxy properties, ignoring: " + proxyProperties);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            synchronized (mProxyLock) {
+                mGlobalProxy = proxyProperties;
+            }
+        }
+        // TODO : shouldn't this function call mPacManager.setCurrentProxyScriptUrl ?
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Sends the system broadcast informing apps about a new proxy configuration.
      *
      * Confusingly this method also sets the PAC file URL. TODO : separate this, it has nothing