diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewPropertyAnimator.java b/core/java/android/view/ViewPropertyAnimator.java
index 71a85bc..e6bf420 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewPropertyAnimator.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ViewPropertyAnimator.java
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@
     private Animator.AnimatorListener mListener = null;
 
     /**
+     * A lazily-created ValueAnimator used in order to get some default animator properties
+     * (duration, start delay, interpolator, etc.).
+     */
+    private ValueAnimator mTempValueAnimator;
+
+    /**
      * This listener is the mechanism by which the underlying Animator causes changes to the
      * properties currently being animated, as well as the cleanup after an animation is
      * complete.
@@ -268,7 +274,10 @@
         } else {
             // Just return the default from ValueAnimator, since that's what we'd get if
             // the value has not been set otherwise
-            return new ValueAnimator().getDuration();
+            if (mTempValueAnimator == null) {
+                mTempValueAnimator = new ValueAnimator();
+            }
+            return mTempValueAnimator.getDuration();
         }
     }
 
@@ -328,7 +337,16 @@
      * @return The timing interpolator for this animation.
      */
     public TimeInterpolator getInterpolator() {
-        return null;
+        if (mInterpolatorSet) {
+            return mInterpolator;
+        } else {
+            // Just return the default from ValueAnimator, since that's what we'd get if
+            // the value has not been set otherwise
+            if (mTempValueAnimator == null) {
+                mTempValueAnimator = new ValueAnimator();
+            }
+            return mTempValueAnimator.getInterpolator();
+        }
     }
 
     /**