diff --git a/bind/java/SeqTest.java b/bind/java/SeqTest.java
index 5308bd8..381e6cb 100644
--- a/bind/java/SeqTest.java
+++ b/bind/java/SeqTest.java
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 
 package go;
 
-import android.util.Log;
-import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.Suppress;
 import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
 import android.test.MoreAsserts;
+
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Random;
 
@@ -386,6 +385,17 @@ public class SeqTest extends AndroidTestCase {
     assertEquals("want back the error message we set", want, got);
   }
 
+  //test if we have JNI local reference table overflow error
+  public void testLocalReferenceOverflow() {
+    Testpkg.CallWithCallback(new Testpkg.GoCallback.Stub() {
+
+      @Override
+      public void VarUpdate() {
+        //do nothing
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   public void testNullReferences() {
     assertTrue(Testpkg.CallWithNull(null, new Testpkg.NullTest.Stub() {
       public Testpkg.NullTest Null() {
diff --git a/bind/java/seq_android.c b/bind/java/seq_android.c
index 4a72113..30839cb 100644
--- a/bind/java/seq_android.c
+++ b/bind/java/seq_android.c
@@ -262,12 +262,14 @@ void recv(int32_t ref, int code, uint8_t *in_ptr, size_t in_len, uint8_t **out_p
 	memcpy(mem_write(env, in, in_len, 1), in_ptr, in_len);
 	in_mem->off = 0;
 	out = (*env)->CallStaticObjectMethod(env, seq_clazz, seq_recv, in, code, ref);
+	(*env)->DeleteLocalRef(env, in);
 	if (out == NULL) {
 		describe_exception(env);
 		LOG_FATAL("failed to invoke Seq.recv");
 		return;
 	}
 	out_mem = mem_get(env, out);
+	(*env)->DeleteLocalRef(env, out);
 	if (out_mem == NULL) {
 		LOG_FATAL("recv on NULL out_mem");
 		return;
diff --git a/bind/java/testpkg/testpkg.go b/bind/java/testpkg/testpkg.go
index a2ec48f..862f201 100644
--- a/bind/java/testpkg/testpkg.go
+++ b/bind/java/testpkg/testpkg.go
@@ -220,6 +220,16 @@ func ReadAsset() string {
 	return string(b)
 }
 
+type GoCallback interface {
+	VarUpdate()
+}
+
+func CallWithCallback(gcb GoCallback) {
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+		gcb.VarUpdate()
+	}
+}
+
 type NullTest interface {
 	Null() NullTest
 }