diff --git a/dom/plugins/base/nsPluginInstanceOwner.cpp b/dom/plugins/base/nsPluginInstanceOwner.cpp
index 8f2c92cbc56..a1aa4d20b7d 100644
--- a/dom/plugins/base/nsPluginInstanceOwner.cpp
+++ b/dom/plugins/base/nsPluginInstanceOwner.cpp
@@ -1815,17 +1815,7 @@ void nsPluginInstanceOwner::RemovePluginView()
   if (!surface)
     return;
 
-  JNIEnv* env = GetJNIForThread();
-  if (!env)
-    return;
-
-  AndroidBridge::AutoLocalJNIFrame frame(env, 1);
-
-  jclass cls = env->FindClass("org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoAppShell");
-  jmethodID method = env->GetStaticMethodID(cls,
-                                            "removePluginView",
-                                            "(Landroid/view/View;)V");
-  env->CallStaticVoidMethod(cls, method, surface);
+  AndroidBridge::RemovePluginView(surface);
 }
 
 void nsPluginInstanceOwner::Invalidate() {
diff --git a/widget/android/AndroidBridge.cpp b/widget/android/AndroidBridge.cpp
index 35952840e5d..4db678877b5 100644
--- a/widget/android/AndroidBridge.cpp
+++ b/widget/android/AndroidBridge.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ AndroidBridge::Init(JNIEnv *jEnv,
     jEnableBatteryNotifications = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "enableBatteryNotifications", "()V");
     jDisableBatteryNotifications = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "disableBatteryNotifications", "()V");
     jGetCurrentBatteryInformation = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "getCurrentBatteryInformation", "()[D");
+    jRemovePluginView = jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "removePluginView", "(Landroid/view/View;)V");
 
     jGetAccessibilityEnabled = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "getAccessibilityEnabled", "()Z");
     jHandleGeckoMessage = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "handleGeckoMessage", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;");
@@ -2143,6 +2144,17 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsAndroidBridge::SetBrowserApp(nsIAndroidBrowserApp *aBrowserApp)
     return NS_OK;
 }
 
+void
+AndroidBridge::RemovePluginView(void* surface) {
+  JNIEnv *env = AndroidBridge::GetJNIEnv();
+  if (!env)
+    return;
+
+  AndroidBridge::AutoLocalJNIFrame frame(env, 1);
+  env->CallStaticVoidMethod(sBridge->mGeckoAppShellClass,
+                            sBridge->jRemovePluginView, surface);
+}
+
 extern "C"
 __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 jobject JNICALL
diff --git a/widget/android/AndroidBridge.h b/widget/android/AndroidBridge.h
index 555e2f64042..3922a770c8e 100644
--- a/widget/android/AndroidBridge.h
+++ b/widget/android/AndroidBridge.h
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ public:
 
     static void NotifyIMEChange(const PRUnichar *aText, PRUint32 aTextLen, int aStart, int aEnd, int aNewEnd);
 
+    static void RemovePluginView(void* surface);
+
     nsresult TakeScreenshot(nsIDOMWindow *window, PRInt32 srcX, PRInt32 srcY, PRInt32 srcW, PRInt32 srcH, PRInt32 dstW, PRInt32 dstH, PRInt32 tabId, float scale);
 
     void AcknowledgeEventSync();
@@ -526,6 +528,7 @@ protected:
     jmethodID jCheckUriVisited;
     jmethodID jMarkUriVisited;
     jmethodID jEmitGeckoAccessibilityEvent;
+    jmethodID jRemovePluginView;
 
     jmethodID jNumberOfMessages;
     jmethodID jSendMessage;