diff --git a/media/jni/soundpool/android_media_SoundPool.cpp b/media/jni/soundpool/android_media_SoundPool.cpp
index 25040a9420612a2c325f0ceefd177ef73037afab..e872a58c96cf78a7ea869181d42a8987b0895adc 100644
--- a/media/jni/soundpool/android_media_SoundPool.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/soundpool/android_media_SoundPool.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     // Retrieves the associated object, returns nullValue T if not available.
-    T get(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz) {
+    T get(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz) const {
         std::lock_guard lg(mLock);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(performance-no-int-to-ptr)
         auto ptr = reinterpret_cast<T*>(env->GetLongField(thiz, mFieldId));
@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@ private:
 //    is possible by checking if the WeakGlobalRef is null equivalent.
 
 auto& getSoundPoolManager() {
-    static ObjectManager<std::shared_ptr<SoundPool>> soundPoolManager(fields.mNativeContext);
-    return soundPoolManager;
+    // never-delete singleton
+    static auto soundPoolManager =
+            new ObjectManager<std::shared_ptr<SoundPool>>(fields.mNativeContext);
+    return *soundPoolManager;
 }
 
 inline auto getSoundPool(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz) {
@@ -274,8 +276,9 @@ static_assert(std::is_same_v<JWeakValue*, jweak>);
 auto& getSoundPoolJavaRefManager() {
     // Note this can store shared_ptrs to either jweak and jobject,
     // as the underlying type is identical.
-    static ConcurrentHashMap<SoundPool *, std::shared_ptr<JWeakValue>> concurrentHashMap;
-    return concurrentHashMap;
+    static auto concurrentHashMap =
+            new ConcurrentHashMap<SoundPool *, std::shared_ptr<JWeakValue>>();
+    return *concurrentHashMap;
 }
 
 // make_shared_globalref_from_localref() creates a sharable Java global