diff --git a/webrtc/api/java/jni/androidvideocapturer_jni.cc b/webrtc/api/java/jni/androidvideocapturer_jni.cc
index 0e8e8677ab..bc85cc4146 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/java/jni/androidvideocapturer_jni.cc
+++ b/webrtc/api/java/jni/androidvideocapturer_jni.cc
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ void AndroidVideoCapturerJni::OnTextureFrame(int width,
   if (!capturer_->AdaptFrame(width, height, timestamp_ns,
                              &adapted_width, &adapted_height,
                              &crop_width, &crop_height, &crop_x, &crop_y)) {
+    surface_texture_helper_->ReturnTextureFrame();
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/webrtc/api/java/jni/surfacetexturehelper_jni.h b/webrtc/api/java/jni/surfacetexturehelper_jni.h
index d7a9a7707a..6bee728d31 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/java/jni/surfacetexturehelper_jni.h
+++ b/webrtc/api/java/jni/surfacetexturehelper_jni.h
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ class SurfaceTextureHelper : public rtc::RefCountInterface {
       int height,
       const NativeHandleImpl& native_handle);
 
+  // May be called on arbitrary thread.
+  void ReturnTextureFrame() const;
+
  protected:
   ~SurfaceTextureHelper();
   SurfaceTextureHelper(JNIEnv* jni, jobject j_surface_texture_helper);
 
  private:
-  //  May be called on arbitrary thread.
-  void ReturnTextureFrame() const;
-
   const ScopedGlobalRef<jobject> j_surface_texture_helper_;
   const jmethodID j_return_texture_method_;
 };