diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/JNINativeWrapper.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/JNINativeWrapper.cs
index d7b27e855d8..fd37a69647c 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/JNINativeWrapper.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/JNINativeWrapper.cs
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ public static Delegate CreateDelegate (Delegate dlg)
 			if (dlg.Method == null)
 				throw new ArgumentException ();
 
-			get_runtime_types ();
-
 			var delegateType = dlg.GetType ();
 			var result = CreateBuiltInDelegate (dlg, delegateType);
 			if (result != null)
@@ -45,6 +43,8 @@ public static Delegate CreateDelegate (Delegate dlg)
 				RuntimeNativeMethods.monodroid_log (LogLevel.Debug, LogCategories.Assembly, $"Falling back to System.Reflection.Emit for delegate type '{delegateType}': {dlg.Method}");
 			}
 
+			get_runtime_types ();
+
 			var ret_type = dlg.Method.ReturnType;
 			var parameters = dlg.Method.GetParameters ();
 			var param_types = new Type [parameters.Length];