diff --git a/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderwrapper.cc b/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderwrapper.cc
index 4dfbf93db9..762025a9ae 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderwrapper.cc
+++ b/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderwrapper.cc
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ VideoDecoderWrapper::VideoDecoderWrapper(JNIEnv* jni, jobject decoder)
   initialized_ = false;
   // QP parsing starts enabled and we disable it if the decoder provides frames.
   qp_parsing_enabled_ = true;
+
+  implementation_name_ = GetImplementationName(jni);
 }
 
 int32_t VideoDecoderWrapper::InitDecode(const VideoCodec* codec_settings,
@@ -163,11 +165,7 @@ bool VideoDecoderWrapper::PrefersLateDecoding() const {
 }
 
 const char* VideoDecoderWrapper::ImplementationName() const {
-  JNIEnv* jni = AttachCurrentThreadIfNeeded();
-  ScopedLocalRefFrame local_ref_frame(jni);
-  jstring jname = reinterpret_cast<jstring>(
-      jni->CallObjectMethod(*decoder_, get_implementation_name_method_));
-  return JavaToStdString(jni, jname).c_str();
+  return implementation_name_.c_str();
 }
 
 void VideoDecoderWrapper::OnDecodedFrame(JNIEnv* jni,
@@ -298,6 +296,12 @@ rtc::Optional<uint8_t> VideoDecoderWrapper::ParseQP(
   return qp;
 }
 
+std::string VideoDecoderWrapper::GetImplementationName(JNIEnv* jni) const {
+  jstring jname = reinterpret_cast<jstring>(
+      jni->CallObjectMethod(*decoder_, get_implementation_name_method_));
+  return JavaToStdString(jni, jname);
+}
+
 JNI_FUNCTION_DECLARATION(void,
                          VideoDecoderWrapperCallback_nativeOnDecodedFrame,
                          JNIEnv* jni,
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderwrapper.h b/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderwrapper.h
index 2da6892525..978be871e7 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderwrapper.h
+++ b/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderwrapper.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class VideoDecoderWrapper : public VideoDecoder {
 
   rtc::Optional<uint8_t> ParseQP(const EncodedImage& input_image);
 
+  std::string GetImplementationName(JNIEnv* jni) const;
+
   VideoCodec codec_settings_;
   int32_t number_of_cores_;
 
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ class VideoDecoderWrapper : public VideoDecoder {
   std::deque<FrameExtraInfo> frame_extra_infos_;
   bool qp_parsing_enabled_;
   H264BitstreamParser h264_bitstream_parser_;
+  std::string implementation_name_;
 
   DecodedImageCallback* callback_;