diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
index 159f31be9db..fa602ce4947 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class QtActivityBase extends Activity
     public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
     {
         QtNative.ApplicationStateDetails stateDetails = QtNative.getStateDetails();
-        if (!stateDetails.isStarted || !m_delegate.isPluginRunning())
+        if (!stateDetails.isStarted || !stateDetails.nativePluginIntegrationReady)
             return false;
 
         return m_delegate.getInputDelegate().onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class QtActivityBase extends Activity
     public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
     {
         QtNative.ApplicationStateDetails stateDetails = QtNative.getStateDetails();
-        if (!stateDetails.isStarted || !m_delegate.isPluginRunning())
+        if (!stateDetails.isStarted || !stateDetails.nativePluginIntegrationReady)
             return false;
 
         return m_delegate.getInputDelegate().onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
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 c154399911a..510120ee3c7 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ public class QtActivityDelegate
 {
     private Activity m_activity;
 
-    private boolean m_isPluginRunning = false;
-
     private HashMap<Integer, QtSurface> m_surfaces = null;
     private HashMap<Integer, View> m_nativeViews = null;
     private QtLayout m_layout = null;
@@ -97,11 +95,6 @@ public class QtActivityDelegate
         });
     }
 
-    boolean isPluginRunning()
-    {
-        return m_isPluginRunning;
-    }
-
     void setContextMenuVisible(boolean contextMenuVisible)
     {
         m_contextMenuVisible = contextMenuVisible;
@@ -300,12 +293,6 @@ public class QtActivityDelegate
         m_accessibilityDelegate.notifyScrolledEvent(viewId);
     }
 
-    @UsedFromNativeCode
-    public void notifyQtAndroidPluginRunning(boolean running)
-    {
-        m_isPluginRunning = running;
-    }
-
     @UsedFromNativeCode
     public void initializeAccessibility()
     {
diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative.java
index 8d39398837b..e4fe68100e9 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative.java
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ public class QtNative
 
     public static class ApplicationStateDetails {
         int state = ApplicationState.ApplicationSuspended;
+        boolean nativePluginIntegrationReady = false;
         boolean isStarted = false;
     }
 
@@ -216,6 +217,12 @@ public class QtNative
         m_stateDetails.isStarted = started;
     }
 
+    @UsedFromNativeCode
+    public static void notifyNativePluginIntegrationReady(boolean ready)
+    {
+        m_stateDetails.nativePluginIntegrationReady = ready;
+    }
+
     public static void setApplicationState(int state)
     {
         synchronized (m_mainActivityMutex) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjnimain.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjnimain.cpp
index f6819643574..2c7ddb08100 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjnimain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjnimain.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ namespace QtAndroid
     void setAndroidPlatformIntegration(QAndroidPlatformIntegration *androidPlatformIntegration)
     {
         m_androidPlatformIntegration = androidPlatformIntegration;
+        QtAndroid::notifyNativePluginIntegrationReady((bool)m_androidPlatformIntegration);
 
         // flush the pending state if necessary.
         if (m_androidPlatformIntegration && (m_pendingApplicationState != -1)) {
@@ -213,9 +214,11 @@ namespace QtAndroid
         qtActivityDelegate().callMethod<void>("notifyScrolledEvent", accessibilityObjectId);
     }
 
-    void notifyQtAndroidPluginRunning(bool running)
+    void notifyNativePluginIntegrationReady(bool ready)
     {
-        qtActivityDelegate().callMethod<void>("notifyQtAndroidPluginRunning", running);
+        QJniObject::callStaticMethod<void>(m_applicationClass,
+                                           "notifyNativePluginIntegrationReady",
+                                           ready);
     }
 
     jobject createBitmap(QImage img, JNIEnv *env)
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjnimain.h b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjnimain.h
index 672aca19273..349eba99623 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjnimain.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjnimain.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace QtAndroid
     void notifyObjectFocus(uint accessibilityObjectId);
     void notifyValueChanged(uint accessibilityObjectId, jstring value);
     void notifyScrolledEvent(uint accessibilityObjectId);
-    void notifyQtAndroidPluginRunning(bool running);
+    void notifyNativePluginIntegrationReady(bool ready);
 
     const char *classErrorMsgFmt();
     const char *methodErrorMsgFmt();
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformintegration.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformintegration.cpp
index f3a5e4247f8..a31e3c8f69b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformintegration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformintegration.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ Qt::ScreenOrientation QAndroidPlatformIntegration::m_orientation = Qt::PrimaryOr
 Qt::ScreenOrientation QAndroidPlatformIntegration::m_nativeOrientation = Qt::PrimaryOrientation;
 
 bool QAndroidPlatformIntegration::m_showPasswordEnabled = false;
-static bool m_running = false;
 
 Q_DECLARE_JNI_CLASS(QtNative, "org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative")
 Q_DECLARE_JNI_CLASS(QtDisplayManager, "org/qtproject/qt/android/QtDisplayManager")
@@ -159,10 +158,6 @@ void QAndroidPlatformNativeInterface::customEvent(QEvent *event)
     api->accessibility()->setActive(QtAndroidAccessibility::isActive());
 #endif // QT_CONFIG(accessibility)
 
-    if (!m_running) {
-        m_running = true;
-        QtAndroid::notifyQtAndroidPluginRunning(m_running);
-    }
     api->flushPendingUpdates();
 }