diff --git a/core/java/android/os/GraphicsEnvironment.java b/core/java/android/os/GraphicsEnvironment.java
index 4b130ed1adc8a..20de370fa3445 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/GraphicsEnvironment.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/GraphicsEnvironment.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package android.os;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.opengl.EGL14;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
 import android.util.Log;
 
@@ -34,6 +35,23 @@ public final class GraphicsEnvironment {
     private static final String PROPERTY_GFX_DRIVER = "ro.gfx.driver.0";
 
     public static void setupGraphicsEnvironment(Context context) {
+        chooseDriver(context);
+
+        // Now that we've figured out which driver to use for this process, load and initialize it.
+        // This can take multiple frame periods, and it would otherwise happen as part of the first
+        // frame, increasing first-frame latency. Starting it here, as a low-priority background
+        // thread, means that it's usually done long before we start drawing the first frame,
+        // without significantly disrupting other activity launch work.
+        Thread eglInitThread = new Thread(
+                () -> {
+                    Thread.currentThread().setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY);
+                    EGL14.eglGetDisplay(EGL14.EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
+                },
+                "EGL Init");
+        eglInitThread.start();
+    }
+
+    private static void chooseDriver(Context context) {
         String driverPackageName = SystemProperties.get(PROPERTY_GFX_DRIVER);
         if (driverPackageName == null || driverPackageName.isEmpty()) {
             return;
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
index 68299615b5b9f..2a1a47651368c 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import android.icu.impl.CacheValue;
 import android.icu.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
 import android.icu.util.ULocale;
 import android.net.LocalServerSocket;
-import android.opengl.EGL14;
 import android.os.Process;
 import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
@@ -199,9 +198,6 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
         Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK, "PreloadResources");
         preloadResources();
         Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK);
-        Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK, "PreloadOpenGL");
-        preloadOpenGL();
-        Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK);
         preloadSharedLibraries();
         preloadTextResources();
         // Ask the WebViewFactory to do any initialization that must run in the zygote process,
@@ -242,12 +238,6 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
         System.loadLibrary("jnigraphics");
     }
 
-    private static void preloadOpenGL() {
-        if (!SystemProperties.getBoolean(PROPERTY_DISABLE_OPENGL_PRELOADING, false)) {
-            EGL14.eglGetDisplay(EGL14.EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
-        }
-    }
-
     private static void preloadTextResources() {
         Hyphenator.init();
         TextView.preloadFontCache();