diff --git a/src/com/android/dialer/list/PhoneFavoriteListView.java b/src/com/android/dialer/list/PhoneFavoriteListView.java
index 667681e..ec31bd3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/dialer/list/PhoneFavoriteListView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/dialer/list/PhoneFavoriteListView.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.os.Handler;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.DragEvent;
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@
         final int eY = (int) event.getY();
         switch (action) {
             case DragEvent.ACTION_DRAG_STARTED: {
-                if (PhoneFavoriteTileView.EMPTY_CLIP_DATA != event.getClipData()) {
+                if (!PhoneFavoriteTileView.DRAG_PHONE_FAVORITE_TILE.equals(event.getLocalState())) {
                     // Ignore any drag events that were not propagated by long pressing
                     // on a {@link PhoneFavoriteTileView}
                     return false;
diff --git a/src/com/android/dialer/list/PhoneFavoriteTileView.java b/src/com/android/dialer/list/PhoneFavoriteTileView.java
index 2aedd94..56d0b5d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/dialer/list/PhoneFavoriteTileView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/dialer/list/PhoneFavoriteTileView.java
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@
 
     // Dummy clip data object that is attached to drag shadows so that text views
     // don't crash with an NPE if the drag shadow is released in their bounds
-    static final ClipData EMPTY_CLIP_DATA = ClipData.newPlainText("", "");
+    private static final ClipData EMPTY_CLIP_DATA = ClipData.newPlainText("", "");
+
+    // Constant to pass to the drag event so that the drag action only happens when a phone favorite
+    // tile is long pressed.
+    static final String DRAG_PHONE_FAVORITE_TILE = "PHONE_FAVORITE_TILE";
 
     public PhoneFavoriteTileView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
@@ -72,7 +76,8 @@
             public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
                 final PhoneFavoriteTileView view = (PhoneFavoriteTileView) v;
                 // NOTE The drag shadow is handled in the ListView.
-                view.startDrag(EMPTY_CLIP_DATA, new View.DragShadowBuilder(), null, 0);
+                view.startDrag(EMPTY_CLIP_DATA, new View.DragShadowBuilder(),
+                        DRAG_PHONE_FAVORITE_TILE, 0);
                 return true;
             }
         });