diff --git a/shell/platform/android/apk_asset_provider.cc b/shell/platform/android/apk_asset_provider.cc
index 4cf6da16dc64f0510a456cbcdb219c7bec715635..268897ef5c58f06b06ce10d142dd690a7afa7f10 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/apk_asset_provider.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/android/apk_asset_provider.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ namespace blink {
 APKAssetProvider::APKAssetProvider(JNIEnv* env,
                                    jobject jassetManager,
                                    std::string directory)
-    : directory_(std::move(directory)) {
+    : java_asset_manager_(env, jassetManager),
+      directory_(std::move(directory)) {
   assetManager_ = AAssetManager_fromJava(env, jassetManager);
 }
 
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/apk_asset_provider.h b/shell/platform/android/apk_asset_provider.h
index 70ddbe454bc615322bcd4bf65d595a14061631b6..7c3f8e12a23b2f2183b69230350bc38c7e70a4f8 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/apk_asset_provider.h
+++ b/shell/platform/android/apk_asset_provider.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <jni.h>
 
 #include "flutter/assets/asset_resolver.h"
+#include "flutter/fml/platform/android/scoped_java_ref.h"
 #include "lib/fxl/memory/ref_counted.h"
 
 namespace blink {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class APKAssetProvider final : public AssetResolver {
   virtual ~APKAssetProvider();
 
  private:
+  fml::jni::ScopedJavaGlobalRef<jobject> java_asset_manager_;
   AAssetManager* assetManager_;
   const std::string directory_;
 
@@ -36,4 +38,4 @@ class APKAssetProvider final : public AssetResolver {
 
 }  // namespace blink
 
-#endif  // FLUTTER_ASSETS_APK_ASSET_PROVIDER_H
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif  // FLUTTER_ASSETS_APK_ASSET_PROVIDER_H