diff --git a/core/java/android/content/ContentResolver.java b/core/java/android/content/ContentResolver.java
index 94d27ec..fefd343 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/ContentResolver.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/ContentResolver.java
@@ -193,6 +193,23 @@
         return SYNC_ERROR_NAMES[error - 1];
     }
 
+    /** @hide */
+    public static int syncErrorStringToInt(String error) {
+        for (int i = 0, n = SYNC_ERROR_NAMES.length; i < n; i++) {
+            if (SYNC_ERROR_NAMES[i].equals(error)) {
+                return i + 1;
+            }
+        }
+        if (error != null) {
+            try {
+                return Integer.parseInt(error);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                Log.d(TAG, "error parsing sync error: " + error);
+            }
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     public static final int SYNC_OBSERVER_TYPE_SETTINGS = 1<<0;
     public static final int SYNC_OBSERVER_TYPE_PENDING = 1<<1;
     public static final int SYNC_OBSERVER_TYPE_ACTIVE = 1<<2;
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/SyncStatusInfo.java b/core/java/android/content/SyncStatusInfo.java
index 49e3e35..ff628d9 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/SyncStatusInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/SyncStatusInfo.java
@@ -51,14 +51,13 @@
     }
 
     public int getLastFailureMesgAsInt(int def) {
-        try {
-            if (lastFailureMesg != null) {
-                return Integer.parseInt(lastFailureMesg);
-            }
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            Log.d(TAG, "error parsing lastFailureMesg of " + lastFailureMesg, e);
+        final int i = ContentResolver.syncErrorStringToInt(lastFailureMesg);
+        if (i > 0) {
+            return i;
+        } else {
+            Log.d(TAG, "Unknown lastFailureMesg:" + lastFailureMesg);
+            return def;
         }
-        return def;
     }
 
     public int describeContents() {