diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m
index 6ee074f12ab15e6926618a891288897fef653789..28bdb4b9077756c5e7dd4d304acc16a9bcc0fb28 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
 
     self.cglLayer = nil;
 
-    JNIEnv *env = [ThreadUtilities getJNIEnv];
+    JNIEnv *env = [ThreadUtilities getJNIEnvUncached];
     (*env)->DeleteGlobalRef(env, m_cPlatformView);
     m_cPlatformView = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m
index 89b0f04640bf7bea84d9f958ecf12dfa978bf8f1..c933379f14125f115347184030c52b212b9ef868 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
 - (void) dealloc {
 AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
 
-    JNIEnv *env = [ThreadUtilities getJNIEnv];
+    JNIEnv *env = [ThreadUtilities getJNIEnvUncached];
     [self.javaPlatformWindow setJObject:nil withEnv:env];
 
     self.nsWindow = nil;