diff --git a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/BraveHomepageManager.java b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/BraveHomepageManager.java
index 11d7cd02a99..cce044f3307 100644
--- a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/BraveHomepageManager.java
+++ b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/BraveHomepageManager.java
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 import org.chromium.chrome.browser.partnercustomizations.CloseBraveManager;
 
 // see org.brave.bytecode.BraveHomepageManagerClassAdapter
-public class BraveHomepageManager {
-    public static boolean shouldCloseAppWithZeroTabs() {
+public class BraveHomepageManager extends HomepageManager {
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldCloseAppWithZeroTabs() {
         return CloseBraveManager.shouldCloseAppWithZeroTabs();
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/javatests/org/chromium/chrome/browser/BytecodeTest.java b/android/javatests/org/chromium/chrome/browser/BytecodeTest.java
index 33f22f23821..fdba549110f 100644
--- a/android/javatests/org/chromium/chrome/browser/BytecodeTest.java
+++ b/android/javatests/org/chromium/chrome/browser/BytecodeTest.java
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public void testMethodsExist() throws Exception {
                 methodExists(
                         "org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/HomepageManager",
                         "shouldCloseAppWithZeroTabs",
-                        MethodModifier.STATIC,
+                        MethodModifier.REGULAR,
                         false,
                         null));
 
diff --git a/build/android/bytecode/java/org/brave/bytecode/BraveHomepageManagerClassAdapter.java b/build/android/bytecode/java/org/brave/bytecode/BraveHomepageManagerClassAdapter.java
index 2ae9c6d280b..38f129f77cb 100644
--- a/build/android/bytecode/java/org/brave/bytecode/BraveHomepageManagerClassAdapter.java
+++ b/build/android/bytecode/java/org/brave/bytecode/BraveHomepageManagerClassAdapter.java
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 import org.objectweb.asm.ClassVisitor;
 
 public class BraveHomepageManagerClassAdapter extends BraveClassVisitor {
-    static String sHomepageManagerClassName = "org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/HomepageManager";
-    static String sBraveHomepageManagerClassName = "org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/BraveHomepageManager";
+    static String sHomepageManagerClassName =
+            "org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/HomepageManager";
+    static String sBraveHomepageManagerClassName =
+            "org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/BraveHomepageManager";
 
     public BraveHomepageManagerClassAdapter(ClassVisitor visitor) {
         super(visitor);
-        changeMethodOwner(sHomepageManagerClassName, "shouldCloseAppWithZeroTabs", sBraveHomepageManagerClassName);
+
+        redirectConstructor(sHomepageManagerClassName, sBraveHomepageManagerClassName);
     }
 }
diff --git a/patches/chrome-android-java-src-org-chromium-chrome-browser-homepage-HomepageManager.java.patch b/patches/chrome-android-java-src-org-chromium-chrome-browser-homepage-HomepageManager.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..790a946c32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/chrome-android-java-src-org-chromium-chrome-browser-homepage-HomepageManager.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/HomepageManager.java b/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/HomepageManager.java
+index de101add328a69dd406b9ce34881f76feb21ae23..c58148164d7f7dc931154cfd55d55ba053a4becd 100644
+--- a/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/HomepageManager.java
++++ b/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/homepage/HomepageManager.java
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class HomepageManager
+     private final ObserverList<HomepageStateListener> mHomepageStateListeners;
+     private SettingsLauncher mSettingsLauncher;
+ 
+-    private HomepageManager() {
++    HomepageManager() {
+         mSharedPreferencesManager = ChromeSharedPreferences.getInstance();
+         mHomepageStateListeners = new ObserverList<>();
+         HomepagePolicyManager.getInstance().addListener(this);