diff --git a/NativeScript/runtime/android/jsi/Runtime.cpp b/NativeScript/runtime/android/jsi/Runtime.cpp
index 7991157d2..aa2527539 100644
--- a/NativeScript/runtime/android/jsi/Runtime.cpp
+++ b/NativeScript/runtime/android/jsi/Runtime.cpp
@@ -557,6 +557,15 @@ std::string Runtime::ReadFileText(const std::string &filePath) {
 }
 
 void Runtime::DestroyRuntime() {
+    // Flush still-queued finalizer cleanup before is_destroying is set: with it
+    // set, the cleanup leaks the engine handles it would release, and a quit
+    // looper never drains it. Finalizers firing during teardown below run
+    // inline (Runtime::PostFinalizer's fallback).
+    if (m_finalizerQueue != nullptr) {
+        m_finalizerQueue->Destroy();
+        delete m_finalizerQueue;
+        m_finalizerQueue = nullptr;
+    }
     is_destroying = true;
     engine::Runtime &rt = engineHost->GetRuntime();
     if (m_looperTasks != nullptr) {
@@ -578,14 +587,6 @@ void Runtime::DestroyRuntime() {
 #endif
     CallbackHandlers::RemoveEnvEntries(rt);
     this->m_objectManager->OnDisposeRuntime();
-    // Release the finalizer handler and flush any still-queued cleanup while the
-    // runtime is still valid; finalizers firing during teardown below then run
-    // inline (Runtime::PostFinalizer's fallback).
-    if (m_finalizerQueue != nullptr) {
-        m_finalizerQueue->Destroy();
-        delete m_finalizerQueue;
-        m_finalizerQueue = nullptr;
-    }
     // Every engine handle this runtime still owns must go while the VM is up.
     m_gcFunc = engine::Value::undefined();
     // Last, because everything above may still call a js_util helper on its way
diff --git a/platforms/android/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/shared/Workers/index.js b/platforms/android/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/shared/Workers/index.js
index 7eaaa1cb8..1578259c8 100644
--- a/platforms/android/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/shared/Workers/index.js
+++ b/platforms/android/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/shared/Workers/index.js
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ describe("TNS Workers", () => {
         worker.postMessage({ eval: "close();" });
     });
 
+    if (global.android) {
+        it("Should not crash on close() after a native wrapper is collected in the same message", (done) => {
+            var worker = new Worker("./EvalWorker.js");
+
+            worker.onmessage = () => setTimeout(done, 500);
+            worker.postMessage({ eval: "new java.lang.Object(); gc(); postMessage('closing'); close();" });
+        });
+    }
+
     it("Should not throw error if post message is called with native object", () => {
         var worker = new Worker("./EvalWorker.js");