diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/robv/android/xposed/XposedBridge.java b/core/src/main/java/de/robv/android/xposed/XposedBridge.java
index aeadc15e..60ae322a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/robv/android/xposed/XposedBridge.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/robv/android/xposed/XposedBridge.java
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ public final class XposedBridge {
                     // ActivityThread for now and the call will throw an NPE. Luckily they check the
                     // nullability of the result configuration. So we hereby set a dummy
                     // ActivityThread to bypass such a situation.
-                    XposedHelpers.setStaticObjectField(ActivityThread.class, "sCurrentActivityThread", new ActivityThread());
+                    var fake = XposedHelpers.newInstance(ActivityThread.class);
+                    XposedHelpers.setStaticObjectField(ActivityThread.class, "sCurrentActivityThread", fake);
                     try {
                         TypedArray ta = res.obtainTypedArray(res.getIdentifier(
                                 "preloaded_drawables", "array", "android"));