diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/NetworkAgentInfo.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/NetworkAgentInfo.java
index 14b234d..505480e 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/NetworkAgentInfo.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/NetworkAgentInfo.java
@@ -384,12 +384,15 @@
 
     /**
      * Returns whether the network is a background network. A network is a background network if it
-     * is satisfying no foreground requests and at least one background request. (If it did not have
-     * a background request, it would be a speculative network that is only being kept up because
-     * it might satisfy a request if it validated).
+     * does not have the NET_CAPABILITY_FOREGROUND capability, which implies it is satisfying no
+     * foreground request, is not lingering (i.e. kept for a while after being outscored), and is
+     * not a speculative network (i.e. kept pending validation when validation would have it
+     * outscore another foreground network). That implies it is being kept up by some background
+     * request (otherwise it would be torn down), maybe the mobile always-on request.
      */
     public boolean isBackgroundNetwork() {
-        return !isVPN() && numForegroundNetworkRequests() == 0 && mNumBackgroundNetworkRequests > 0;
+        return !isVPN() && numForegroundNetworkRequests() == 0 && mNumBackgroundNetworkRequests > 0
+                && !isLingering();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
index 24639e9..39daeab 100644
--- a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import static android.net.NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_WIFI_AWARE;
 
 import static com.android.internal.util.TestUtils.waitForIdleHandler;
+import static com.android.internal.util.TestUtils.waitForIdleLooper;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
 import android.net.ConnectivityManager.PacketKeepalive;
 import android.net.ConnectivityManager.PacketKeepaliveCallback;
 import android.net.ConnectivityManager.TooManyRequestsException;
+import android.net.ConnectivityThread;
 import android.net.INetworkPolicyManager;
 import android.net.INetworkStatsService;
 import android.net.IpPrefix;
@@ -279,6 +281,7 @@
         waitForIdle(mWiFiNetworkAgent, timeoutMs);
         waitForIdle(mEthernetNetworkAgent, timeoutMs);
         waitForIdleHandler(mService.mHandlerThread, timeoutMs);
+        waitForIdleLooper(ConnectivityThread.getInstanceLooper(), timeoutMs);
     }
 
     public void waitForIdle(MockNetworkAgent agent, long timeoutMs) {
@@ -1438,9 +1441,9 @@
                 expectCallback(CallbackState.SUSPENDED, agent, timeoutMs);
             }
             if (expectValidated) {
-                expectCapabilitiesWith(NET_CAPABILITY_VALIDATED, agent);
+                expectCapabilitiesWith(NET_CAPABILITY_VALIDATED, agent, timeoutMs);
             } else {
-                expectCapabilitiesWithout(NET_CAPABILITY_VALIDATED, agent);
+                expectCapabilitiesWithout(NET_CAPABILITY_VALIDATED, agent, timeoutMs);
             }
             expectCallback(CallbackState.LINK_PROPERTIES, agent, timeoutMs);
         }
@@ -1479,14 +1482,24 @@
         }
 
         NetworkCapabilities expectCapabilitiesWith(int capability, MockNetworkAgent agent) {
-            CallbackInfo cbi = expectCallback(CallbackState.NETWORK_CAPABILITIES, agent);
+            return expectCapabilitiesWith(capability, agent, TIMEOUT_MS);
+        }
+
+        NetworkCapabilities expectCapabilitiesWith(int capability, MockNetworkAgent agent,
+                int timeoutMs) {
+            CallbackInfo cbi = expectCallback(CallbackState.NETWORK_CAPABILITIES, agent, timeoutMs);
             NetworkCapabilities nc = (NetworkCapabilities) cbi.arg;
             assertTrue(nc.hasCapability(capability));
             return nc;
         }
 
         NetworkCapabilities expectCapabilitiesWithout(int capability, MockNetworkAgent agent) {
-            CallbackInfo cbi = expectCallback(CallbackState.NETWORK_CAPABILITIES, agent);
+            return expectCapabilitiesWithout(capability, agent, TIMEOUT_MS);
+        }
+
+        NetworkCapabilities expectCapabilitiesWithout(int capability, MockNetworkAgent agent,
+                int timeoutMs) {
+            CallbackInfo cbi = expectCallback(CallbackState.NETWORK_CAPABILITIES, agent, timeoutMs);
             NetworkCapabilities nc = (NetworkCapabilities) cbi.arg;
             assertFalse(nc.hasCapability(capability));
             return nc;
@@ -1831,6 +1844,51 @@
     }
 
     @Test
+    public void testNetworkGoesIntoBackgroundAfterLinger() {
+        setMobileDataAlwaysOn(true);
+        NetworkRequest request = new NetworkRequest.Builder()
+                .clearCapabilities()
+                .build();
+        TestNetworkCallback callback = new TestNetworkCallback();
+        mCm.registerNetworkCallback(request, callback);
+
+        TestNetworkCallback defaultCallback = new TestNetworkCallback();
+        mCm.registerDefaultNetworkCallback(defaultCallback);
+
+        mCellNetworkAgent = new MockNetworkAgent(TRANSPORT_CELLULAR);
+        mWiFiNetworkAgent = new MockNetworkAgent(TRANSPORT_WIFI);
+
+        mCellNetworkAgent.connect(true);
+        callback.expectAvailableThenValidatedCallbacks(mCellNetworkAgent);
+        defaultCallback.expectAvailableThenValidatedCallbacks(mCellNetworkAgent);
+
+        // Wifi comes up and cell lingers.
+        mWiFiNetworkAgent.connect(true);
+        defaultCallback.expectAvailableDoubleValidatedCallbacks(mWiFiNetworkAgent);
+        callback.expectAvailableCallbacksUnvalidated(mWiFiNetworkAgent);
+        callback.expectCallback(CallbackState.LOSING, mCellNetworkAgent);
+        callback.expectCapabilitiesWith(NET_CAPABILITY_VALIDATED, mWiFiNetworkAgent);
+
+        // File a request for cellular, then release it.
+        NetworkRequest cellRequest = new NetworkRequest.Builder()
+                .addTransportType(TRANSPORT_CELLULAR).build();
+        NetworkCallback noopCallback = new NetworkCallback();
+        mCm.requestNetwork(cellRequest, noopCallback);
+        mCm.unregisterNetworkCallback(noopCallback);
+        callback.expectCallback(CallbackState.LOSING, mCellNetworkAgent);
+
+        // Let linger run its course.
+        callback.assertNoCallback();
+        final int lingerTimeoutMs = TEST_LINGER_DELAY_MS + TEST_LINGER_DELAY_MS / 4;
+        callback.expectCapabilitiesWithout(NET_CAPABILITY_FOREGROUND, mCellNetworkAgent,
+                lingerTimeoutMs);
+
+        // Clean up.
+        mCm.unregisterNetworkCallback(defaultCallback);
+        mCm.unregisterNetworkCallback(callback);
+    }
+
+    @Test
     public void testExplicitlySelected() {
         NetworkRequest request = new NetworkRequest.Builder()
                 .clearCapabilities().addCapability(NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET)