diff --git a/android/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetworkTest.java b/android/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetworkTest.java
index 71aacaece567..ca16ed33b5bf 100644
--- a/android/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetworkTest.java
+++ b/android/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetworkTest.java
@@ -533,6 +533,22 @@ public void edgesConnecting_nodesNotInGraph() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void hasEdgeConnecting_disconnectedNodes() {
+    addNode(N1);
+    addNode(N2);
+    assertThat(network.hasEdgeConnecting(N1, N2)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void hasEdgesConnecting_nodesNotInGraph() {
+    addNode(N1);
+    addNode(N2);
+    assertThat(network.hasEdgeConnecting(N1, NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH)).isFalse();
+    assertThat(network.hasEdgeConnecting(NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH, N2)).isFalse();
+    assertThat(network.hasEdgeConnecting(NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH, NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH)).isFalse();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void inEdges_noInEdges() {
     addNode(N1);
diff --git a/android/guava/src/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetwork.java b/android/guava/src/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetwork.java
index a1c11ced8b59..654997fc58a4 100644
--- a/android/guava/src/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetwork.java
+++ b/android/guava/src/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetwork.java
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ public E edgeConnectingOrNull(EndpointPair<N> endpoints) {
 
   @Override
   public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV) {
-    return !edgesConnecting(nodeU, nodeV).isEmpty();
+    checkNotNull(nodeU);
+    checkNotNull(nodeV);
+    return nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(EndpointPair<N> endpoints) {
     if (!isOrderingCompatible(endpoints)) {
       return false;
     }
-    return !edgesConnecting(endpoints.nodeU(), endpoints.nodeV()).isEmpty();
+    return hasEdgeConnecting(endpoints.nodeU(), endpoints.nodeV());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetworkTest.java b/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetworkTest.java
index 2d61f8e9a688..5f5c598e19e0 100644
--- a/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetworkTest.java
+++ b/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetworkTest.java
@@ -540,6 +540,22 @@ public void edgesConnecting_nodesNotInGraph() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void hasEdgeConnecting_disconnectedNodes() {
+    addNode(N1);
+    addNode(N2);
+    assertThat(network.hasEdgeConnecting(N1, N2)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void hasEdgesConnecting_nodesNotInGraph() {
+    addNode(N1);
+    addNode(N2);
+    assertThat(network.hasEdgeConnecting(N1, NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH)).isFalse();
+    assertThat(network.hasEdgeConnecting(NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH, N2)).isFalse();
+    assertThat(network.hasEdgeConnecting(NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH, NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH)).isFalse();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void inEdges_noInEdges() {
     addNode(N1);
diff --git a/guava/src/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetwork.java b/guava/src/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetwork.java
index 904e2aa1c824..7d6adcf88231 100644
--- a/guava/src/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetwork.java
+++ b/guava/src/com/google/common/graph/AbstractNetwork.java
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ public Optional<E> edgeConnecting(EndpointPair<N> endpoints) {
 
   @Override
   public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV) {
-    return !edgesConnecting(nodeU, nodeV).isEmpty();
+    checkNotNull(nodeU);
+    checkNotNull(nodeV);
+    return nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(EndpointPair<N> endpoints) {
     if (!isOrderingCompatible(endpoints)) {
       return false;
     }
-    return !edgesConnecting(endpoints.nodeU(), endpoints.nodeV()).isEmpty();
+    return hasEdgeConnecting(endpoints.nodeU(), endpoints.nodeV());
   }
 
   /**