diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/dart/DartMessenger.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/dart/DartMessenger.java
index 8a5e44f637a1a..2822b4060fbcd 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/dart/DartMessenger.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/dart/DartMessenger.java
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ public void send(
       @Nullable ByteBuffer message,
       @Nullable BinaryMessenger.BinaryReply callback) {
     Log.v(TAG, "Sending message with callback over channel '" + channel + "'");
-    int replyId = 0;
+    int replyId = nextReplyId++;
     if (callback != null) {
-      replyId = nextReplyId++;
       pendingReplies.put(replyId, callback);
     }
     if (message == null) {
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc b/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
index 557c87b021f5d..50b9d55c6ca4a 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
@@ -227,9 +227,8 @@ void PlatformViewAndroid::InvokePlatformMessageEmptyResponseCallback(
 // |PlatformView|
 void PlatformViewAndroid::HandlePlatformMessage(
     std::unique_ptr<flutter::PlatformMessage> message) {
-  int response_id = 0;
+  int response_id = next_response_id_++;
   if (auto response = message->response()) {
-    response_id = next_response_id_++;
     pending_responses_[response_id] = response;
   }
   // This call can re-enter in InvokePlatformMessageXxxResponseCallback.
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/dart/DartMessengerTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/dart/DartMessengerTest.java
index af4008e98c72e..5e1922103afbf 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/dart/DartMessengerTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/dart/DartMessengerTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotNull;
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterJNI;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.BinaryMessenger;
@@ -124,4 +127,16 @@ public void directByteBufferLimitZeroAfterReply() {
     messenger.handlePlatformMessageResponse(1, message);
     assertEquals(0, byteBuffers[0].limit());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void replyIdIncrementsOnNullReply() {
+    /// Setup test.
+    final FlutterJNI fakeFlutterJni = mock(FlutterJNI.class);
+    final DartMessenger messenger = new DartMessenger(fakeFlutterJni);
+    final String channel = "foobar";
+    messenger.send(channel, null, null);
+    verify(fakeFlutterJni, times(1)).dispatchEmptyPlatformMessage(eq("foobar"), eq(1));
+    messenger.send(channel, null, null);
+    verify(fakeFlutterJni, times(1)).dispatchEmptyPlatformMessage(eq("foobar"), eq(2));
+  }
 }