diff --git a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index adaf15b..c3d4484 100644
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -1245,14 +1245,15 @@
         // SOURCE_JOYSTICK, while its key events arrive from the keyboard source
         // So, retrieve the device itself and check all of its sources
         if (SDLActivity.isDeviceSDLJoystick(event.getDeviceId())) {
-            // Note that we always process a pressed/released button here, as an unopened
-            // SDL_Joystick's button press should not be processed as a keyboard's key press
+            // Note that we process events with specific key codes here
             if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
-                SDLActivity.onNativePadDown(event.getDeviceId(), keyCode);
-                return true;
+                if (SDLActivity.onNativePadDown(event.getDeviceId(), keyCode) == 0) {
+                    return true;
+                }
             } else if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
-                SDLActivity.onNativePadUp(event.getDeviceId(), keyCode);
-                return true;
+                if (SDLActivity.onNativePadUp(event.getDeviceId(), keyCode) == 0) {
+                    return true;
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/joystick/android/SDL_sysjoystick.c b/src/joystick/android/SDL_sysjoystick.c
index 075b657..a09e9a1 100644
--- a/src/joystick/android/SDL_sysjoystick.c
+++ b/src/joystick/android/SDL_sysjoystick.c
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@
         item = JoystickByDeviceId(device_id);
         if (item && item->joystick) {
             SDL_PrivateJoystickButton(item->joystick, button , SDL_PRESSED);
-            return 0;
         }
+        return 0;
     }
     
     return -1;
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@
         item = JoystickByDeviceId(device_id);
         if (item && item->joystick) {
             SDL_PrivateJoystickButton(item->joystick, button, SDL_RELEASED);
-            return 0;
         }
+        return 0;
     }
     
     return -1;