diff --git a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index 8fbbd7832..f41db7364 100644
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity {
     protected void onDestroy() {
         Log.v(TAG, "onDestroy()");
 
-        mNextNativeState = NativeState.PAUSED;
-        SDLActivity.handleNativeState();
-
         if (SDLActivity.mBrokenLibraries) {
            super.onDestroy();
            // Reset everything in case the user re opens the app
@@ -275,6 +272,9 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity {
            return;
         }
 
+        mNextNativeState = NativeState.PAUSED;
+        SDLActivity.handleNativeState();
+
         // Send a quit message to the application
         SDLActivity.mExitCalledFromJava = true;
         SDLActivity.nativeQuit();