diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
index a3e41e47b2678..6d5eff62a7396 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
@@ -240,6 +240,24 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
         Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Warm up the providers that are already registered.
+     *
+     * By doing it here we avoid that each app does it when requesting a service from the
+     * provider for the first time.
+     */
+    private static void warmUpJcaProviders() {
+        long startTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
+        Trace.traceBegin(
+                Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK, "Starting warm up of JCA providers");
+        for (Provider p : Security.getProviders()) {
+            p.warmUpServiceProvision();
+        }
+        Log.i(TAG, "Warmed up JCA providers in "
+                + (SystemClock.uptimeMillis()-startTime) + "ms.");
+        Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Performs Zygote process initialization. Loads and initializes
      * commonly used classes.