diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/BackendRegister.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/BackendRegister.java
index b66a593ec6b..590c7d84aac 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/BackendRegister.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/BackendRegister.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 class BackendRegister
 {
+    static native boolean isNull();
     static native void registerBackend(Class interfaceType, Object interfaceObject);
     static native void unregisterBackend(Class interfaceType);
 }
diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
index 07ca4daeba7..e1292eed87a 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ void initMembers()
 
     void registerBackends()
     {
-        if (m_backendsRegistered)
+        if (m_backendsRegistered || BackendRegister.isNull())
             return;
+
         m_backendsRegistered = true;
         BackendRegister.registerBackend(QtWindowInterface.class, QtActivityDelegate.this);
         BackendRegister.registerBackend(QtAccessibilityInterface.class, QtActivityDelegate.this);
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ void unregisterBackends()
             return;
 
         m_backendsRegistered = false;
+
+        if (BackendRegister.isNull())
+            return;
+
         BackendRegister.unregisterBackend(QtWindowInterface.class);
         BackendRegister.unregisterBackend(QtAccessibilityInterface.class);
         BackendRegister.unregisterBackend(QtMenuInterface.class);
diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate.java
index fb1ddd9907e..67175370e6f 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate.java
@@ -88,12 +88,19 @@ public void onAppStateDetailsChanged(QtNative.ApplicationStateDetails details) {
         synchronized (this) {
             m_stateDetails = details;
             if (details.isStarted && !m_backendsRegistered) {
+                if (BackendRegister.isNull())
+                    return;
+
                 m_backendsRegistered = true;
                 BackendRegister.registerBackend(QtWindowInterface.class, this);
                 BackendRegister.registerBackend(QtMenuInterface.class, this);
                 BackendRegister.registerBackend(QtInputInterface.class, m_inputDelegate);
             } else if (!details.isStarted && m_backendsRegistered) {
                 m_backendsRegistered = false;
+
+                if (BackendRegister.isNull())
+                    return;
+
                 BackendRegister.unregisterBackend(QtWindowInterface.class);
                 BackendRegister.unregisterBackend(QtMenuInterface.class);
                 BackendRegister.unregisterBackend(QtInputInterface.class);
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidbackendregister.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidbackendregister.cpp
index bfd86138aa5..98f0ea59356 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidbackendregister.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidbackendregister.cpp
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ Q_DECLARE_JNI_CLASS(BackendRegister, "org/qtproject/qt/android/BackendRegister")
 bool AndroidBackendRegister::registerNatives()
 {
     return QtJniTypes::BackendRegister::registerNativeMethods(
-            { Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(registerBackend, AndroidBackendRegister),
+            { Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(isNull, AndroidBackendRegister),
+              Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(registerBackend, AndroidBackendRegister),
               Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(unregisterBackend, AndroidBackendRegister) });
 }
 
+jboolean AndroidBackendRegister::isNull(JNIEnv *, jclass)
+{
+    return QtAndroid::backendRegister() == nullptr;
+}
+
 void AndroidBackendRegister::registerBackend(JNIEnv *, jclass, jclass interfaceClass,
                                              jobject interface)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidbackendregister.h b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidbackendregister.h
index 502880a77f3..06b7b832416 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidbackendregister.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidbackendregister.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class AndroidBackendRegister
     QMutex m_registerMutex;
     QMap<QString, QJniObject> m_register;
 
+    static jboolean isNull(JNIEnv *, jclass);
+    Q_DECLARE_JNI_NATIVE_METHOD_IN_CURRENT_SCOPE(isNull)
     static void registerBackend(JNIEnv *, jclass, jclass interfaceClass, jobject interface);
     Q_DECLARE_JNI_NATIVE_METHOD_IN_CURRENT_SCOPE(registerBackend)
     static void unregisterBackend(JNIEnv *, jclass, jclass interfaceClass);