diff --git a/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/base/PathUtils.java b/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/base/PathUtils.java
index 05697e2bbceaf..8d676fa850e82 100644
--- a/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/base/PathUtils.java
+++ b/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/base/PathUtils.java
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ public abstract class PathUtils {
     private static final int DATA_DIRECTORY = 0;
     private static final int DATABASE_DIRECTORY = 1;
     private static final int CACHE_DIRECTORY = 2;
-    private static final int DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY = 3;
-    private static final int NUM_DIRECTORIES = 4;
+    private static final int NUM_DIRECTORIES = 3;
     private static AsyncTask<String, Void, String[]> sDirPathFetchTask;
 
     private static File sThumbnailDirectory;
@@ -50,10 +49,7 @@ protected String[] doInBackground(String... dataDirectorySuffix) {
                 paths[DATABASE_DIRECTORY] = appContext.getDatabasePath("foo").getParent();
                 // TODO(wnwen): Find a way to avoid calling this function in renderer process.
                 if (appContext.getCacheDir() != null) {
-                    // These paths are only available in the browser process.
                     paths[CACHE_DIRECTORY] = appContext.getCacheDir().getPath();
-                    paths[DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY] = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
-                            Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getPath();
                 }
                 return paths;
             }
@@ -119,8 +115,8 @@ public static String getThumbnailCacheDirectoryPath(Context appContext) {
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     @CalledByNative
     private static String getDownloadsDirectory(Context appContext) {
-        assert sDirPathFetchTask != null : "setDataDirectorySuffix must be called first.";
-        return getDirectoryPath(DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY);
+        return Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
+                Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getPath();
     }
 
     /**