diff --git a/rs/java/android/renderscript/RenderScript.java b/rs/java/android/renderscript/RenderScript.java
index 425569cd8fa17..9beaba3010729 100644
--- a/rs/java/android/renderscript/RenderScript.java
+++ b/rs/java/android/renderscript/RenderScript.java
@@ -1386,6 +1386,27 @@ public class RenderScript {
         return mApplicationContext;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Name of the file that holds the object cache.
+     */
+    private static String mCachePath;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the path to the code cache.
+     */
+    static synchronized String getCachePath() {
+        if (mCachePath == null) {
+            final String CACHE_PATH = "com.android.renderscript.cache";
+            if (RenderScriptCacheDir.mCacheDir == null) {
+                throw new RSRuntimeException("RenderScript code cache directory uninitialized.");
+            }
+            File f = new File(RenderScriptCacheDir.mCacheDir, CACHE_PATH);
+            mCachePath = f.getAbsolutePath();
+            f.mkdirs();
+        }
+        return mCachePath;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a RenderScript context.
      *
@@ -1415,11 +1436,7 @@ public class RenderScript {
         }
 
         // set up cache directory for entire context
-        final String CACHE_PATH = "com.android.renderscript.cache";
-        File f = new File(RenderScriptCacheDir.mCacheDir, CACHE_PATH);
-        String mCachePath = f.getAbsolutePath();
-        f.mkdirs();
-        rs.nContextSetCacheDir(mCachePath);
+        rs.nContextSetCacheDir(RenderScript.getCachePath());
 
         rs.mMessageThread = new MessageThread(rs);
         rs.mMessageThread.start();
diff --git a/rs/java/android/renderscript/ScriptC.java b/rs/java/android/renderscript/ScriptC.java
index bf706c131e858..00ebe57565891 100644
--- a/rs/java/android/renderscript/ScriptC.java
+++ b/rs/java/android/renderscript/ScriptC.java
@@ -84,13 +84,6 @@ public class ScriptC extends Script {
         setID(id);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Name of the file that holds the object cache.
-     */
-    private static final String CACHE_PATH = "com.android.renderscript.cache";
-
-    static String mCachePath;
-
     private static synchronized long internalCreate(RenderScript rs, Resources resources, int resourceID) {
         byte[] pgm;
         int pgmLength;
@@ -122,26 +115,12 @@ public class ScriptC extends Script {
 
         String resName = resources.getResourceEntryName(resourceID);
 
-        // Create the RS cache path if we haven't done so already.
-        if (mCachePath == null) {
-            File f = new File(RenderScriptCacheDir.mCacheDir, CACHE_PATH);
-            mCachePath = f.getAbsolutePath();
-            f.mkdirs();
-        }
         //        Log.v(TAG, "Create script for resource = " + resName);
-        return rs.nScriptCCreate(resName, mCachePath, pgm, pgmLength);
+        return rs.nScriptCCreate(resName, RenderScript.getCachePath(), pgm, pgmLength);
     }
 
     private static synchronized long internalStringCreate(RenderScript rs, String resName, byte[] bitcode) {
-        // Create the RS cache path if we haven't done so already.
-        if (mCachePath == null) {
-            File f = new File(RenderScriptCacheDir.mCacheDir, CACHE_PATH);
-            mCachePath = f.getAbsolutePath();
-            f.mkdirs();
-        }
         //        Log.v(TAG, "Create script for resource = " + resName);
-        return rs.nScriptCCreate(resName, mCachePath, bitcode, bitcode.length);
+        return rs.nScriptCCreate(resName, RenderScript.getCachePath(), bitcode, bitcode.length);
     }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/rs/java/android/renderscript/ScriptGroup.java b/rs/java/android/renderscript/ScriptGroup.java
index 9bbacbc0d84cc..9357c3bb0428d 100644
--- a/rs/java/android/renderscript/ScriptGroup.java
+++ b/rs/java/android/renderscript/ScriptGroup.java
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ public final class ScriptGroup extends BaseObj {
         for (int i = 0; i < closureIDs.length; i++) {
             closureIDs[i] = closures.get(i).getID(rs);
         }
-        long id = rs.nScriptGroup2Create(name, ScriptC.mCachePath, closureIDs);
+        long id = rs.nScriptGroup2Create(name, RenderScript.getCachePath(), closureIDs);
         setID(id);
     }