--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/BrowserApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/BrowserApp.java
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 /* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
  * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 package org.mozilla.gecko;
 
 import android.Manifest;
+import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.app.DownloadManager;
 import android.os.Environment;
 import android.support.annotation.CheckResult;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 
 import org.json.JSONArray;
@@ -2215,16 +2216,17 @@ public class BrowserApp extends GeckoApp
                     .putString(GeckoPreferences.PREFS_HOMEPAGE, homepagePartner)
                     .putString(GeckoPreferences.PREFS_HOMEPAGE_PARTNER_COPY, homepagePartner)
                     .apply();
         }
 
         return homepagePartner;
     }
 
+    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
     @Override
     public void onTabsLayoutChange(int width, int height) {
         int animationLength = TABS_ANIMATION_DURATION;
 
         if (mMainLayoutAnimator != null) {
             animationLength = Math.max(1, animationLength - (int)mMainLayoutAnimator.getRemainingTime());
             mMainLayoutAnimator.stop(false);
         }