diff --git a/services/core/jni/com_android_server_input_InputManagerService.cpp b/services/core/jni/com_android_server_input_InputManagerService.cpp
index b36a8a7cdf19e..43d2dcf7e0d16 100644
--- a/services/core/jni/com_android_server_input_InputManagerService.cpp
+++ b/services/core/jni/com_android_server_input_InputManagerService.cpp
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ int register_android_server_InputManager(JNIEnv* env) {
 
     jclass clazz;
     FIND_CLASS(clazz, "com/android/server/input/InputManagerService");
-    gServiceClassInfo.clazz = clazz;
+    gServiceClassInfo.clazz = reinterpret_cast<jclass>(env->NewGlobalRef(clazz));
 
     GET_METHOD_ID(gServiceClassInfo.notifyConfigurationChanged, clazz,
             "notifyConfigurationChanged", "(J)V");