diff --git a/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/OrganicMaps.cpp b/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/OrganicMaps.cpp
index 2c628ba25..62d5b8b05 100644
--- a/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/OrganicMaps.cpp
+++ b/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/OrganicMaps.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_app_organicmaps_sdk_OrganicMaps_nativeInitFramework(
 {
   if (!g_framework)
   {
-    g_framework = std::make_unique<android::Framework>([onComplete = jni::make_global_ref(onComplete)]()
+    g_framework = std::make_unique<android::Framework>([onComplete = jni::make_global_ref_safe(onComplete)]()
     {
       JNIEnv * env = jni::GetEnv();
       jmethodID const methodId = jni::GetMethodID(env, *onComplete, "run", "()V");
diff --git a/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/core/jni_helper.cpp b/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/core/jni_helper.cpp
index 62ef0ddc4..9d3e3990a 100644
--- a/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/core/jni_helper.cpp
+++ b/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/core/jni_helper.cpp
@@ -98,18 +98,26 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL JNI_OnUnload(JavaVM *, void *)
 
 namespace jni
 {
-JNIEnv * GetEnv()
+JNIEnv * GetEnvSafe()
 {
   JNIEnv * env;
   auto const res = g_jvm->GetEnv((void **)&env, JNI_VERSION_1_6);
   if (res != JNI_OK)
   {
     LOG(LERROR, ("Can't get JNIEnv. Is the thread attached to JVM?", res));
-    MYTHROW(RootException, ("Can't get JNIEnv. Is the thread attached to JVM?", res));
+    env = nullptr;
   }
   return env;
 }
 
+JNIEnv * GetEnv()
+{
+  JNIEnv * env = GetEnvSafe();
+  if (env == nullptr)
+    MYTHROW(RootException, ("Can't get JNIEnv. Is the thread attached to JVM?"));
+  return env;
+}
+
 JavaVM * GetJVM()
 {
   ASSERT(g_jvm, ("JVM is not initialized"));
@@ -218,6 +226,20 @@ std::shared_ptr<jobject> make_global_ref(jobject obj)
   });
 }
 
+// https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/9397
+/// @todo There are no other ideas, let's try a safe version with a forever global ref ..
+std::shared_ptr<jobject> make_global_ref_safe(jobject obj)
+{
+  jobject * ref = new jobject(GetEnv()->NewGlobalRef(obj));
+  return std::shared_ptr<jobject>(ref, [](jobject * ref)
+  {
+    JNIEnv * env = GetEnvSafe();
+    if (env)
+      env->DeleteGlobalRef(*ref);
+    delete ref;
+  });
+}
+
 std::string ToNativeString(JNIEnv * env, jthrowable const & e)
 {
   jni::TScopedLocalClassRef logClassRef(env, env->FindClass("android/util/Log"));
diff --git a/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/core/jni_helper.hpp b/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/core/jni_helper.hpp
index 4da33cbd5..2775d9f9a 100644
--- a/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/core/jni_helper.hpp
+++ b/android/sdk/src/main/cpp/app/organicmaps/sdk/core/jni_helper.hpp
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ bool HandleJavaException(JNIEnv * env);
 base::LogLevel GetLogLevelForException(JNIEnv * env, jthrowable const & e);
 
 std::shared_ptr<jobject> make_global_ref(jobject obj);
+std::shared_ptr<jobject> make_global_ref_safe(jobject obj);
+
 using TScopedLocalRef = ScopedLocalRef<jobject>;
 using TScopedLocalClassRef = ScopedLocalRef<jclass>;
 using TScopedLocalObjectArrayRef = ScopedLocalRef<jobjectArray>;