diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WebViewZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WebViewZygoteInit.java
index a8a55499f5f3c..12d699d2ae153 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WebViewZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WebViewZygoteInit.java
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ class WebViewZygoteInit {
             super(socket, abiList);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        protected void maybePreload() {
+            // Do nothing, we don't need to call ZygoteInit.maybePreload() for the WebView zygote.
+        }
+
         @Override
         protected boolean handlePreloadPackage(String packagePath, String libsPath) {
             // Ask ApplicationLoaders to create and cache a classloader for the WebView APK so that
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
index e9e642a58a333..345350cc45fbd 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class ZygoteConnection {
                 return handleAbiListQuery();
             }
 
-            ZygoteInit.maybePreload();
+            maybePreload();
 
             if (parsedArgs.preloadPackage != null) {
                 return handlePreloadPackage(parsedArgs.preloadPackage,
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ class ZygoteConnection {
         }
     }
 
+    protected void maybePreload() {
+        ZygoteInit.maybePreload();
+    }
+
     protected boolean handlePreloadPackage(String packagePath, String libsPath) {
         throw new RuntimeException("Zyogte does not support package preloading");
     }