diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/Tethering.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/Tethering.java
index b50831d56a..56185e6c47 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/Tethering.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/Tethering.java
@@ -1152,7 +1152,10 @@ public class Tethering {
             } catch (RemoteException e) { }
         }
 
-        final TetheringRequest request = createLegacyGlobalScopeTetheringRequest(type);
+        TetheringRequest request = getPendingTetheringRequest(type);
+        if (request == null) {
+            request = createLegacyGlobalScopeTetheringRequest(type);
+        }
         int result = tetherInternal(request, iface);
         switch (type) {
             case TETHERING_WIFI:
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringTest.java
index 1ddeec4d41..50ecfe1bfe 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringTest.java
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ import static com.android.testutils.TestPermissionUtil.runAsShell;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -2881,7 +2880,7 @@ public class TetheringTest {
 
     @Test
     @IgnoreAfter(Build.VERSION_CODES.VANILLA_ICE_CREAM)
-    public void testRequestStaticIpLegacyTetherFailure() throws Exception {
+    public void testRequestStaticIpLegacyTether() throws Exception {
         initTetheringOnTestThread();
 
         // Call startTethering with static ip
@@ -2907,14 +2906,14 @@ public class TetheringTest {
         mLooper.dispatchAll();
         tetherResult.assertHasResult();
 
-        // Verify that the static ip set in startTethering is not used
-        verify(mNetd).interfaceSetCfg(argThat(cfg -> !serverAddr.equals(cfg.ipv4Addr)));
+        // Verify that the static ip set in startTethering is used
+        verify(mNetd).interfaceSetCfg(argThat(cfg -> serverAddr.equals(cfg.ipv4Addr)));
         verify(mIpServerDependencies, times(1)).makeDhcpServer(any(), dhcpParamsCaptor.capture(),
                 any());
         final DhcpServingParamsParcel params = dhcpParamsCaptor.getValue();
-        assertNotEquals(serverAddr, intToInet4AddressHTH(params.serverAddr).getHostAddress());
+        assertEquals(serverAddr, intToInet4AddressHTH(params.serverAddr).getHostAddress());
         assertEquals(24, params.serverAddrPrefixLength);
-        assertNotEquals(clientAddrParceled, params.singleClientAddr);
+        assertEquals(clientAddrParceled, params.singleClientAddr);
     }
 
     @Test