diff --git a/widget/android/AndroidJavaWrappers.h b/widget/android/AndroidJavaWrappers.h
index 9efa1049e315..7129d7635da7 100644
--- a/widget/android/AndroidJavaWrappers.h
+++ b/widget/android/AndroidJavaWrappers.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void InitAndroidJavaWrappers(JNIEnv *jEnv);
 
 class RefCountedJavaObject {
 public:
-    RefCountedJavaObject(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) : mObject(env->NewGlobalRef(obj)) {}
+    RefCountedJavaObject(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) : mRefCnt(0), mObject(env->NewGlobalRef(obj)) {}
 
     ~RefCountedJavaObject();