diff --git a/src/core/android/SDL_android.c b/src/core/android/SDL_android.c
index f0bedf54e1..6b532e71be 100644
--- a/src/core/android/SDL_android.c
+++ b/src/core/android/SDL_android.c
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ static AAssetManager *asset_manager = NULL;
 static jobject javaAssetManagerRef = 0;
 
 static SDL_Mutex *Android_ActivityMutex = NULL;
+static int Android_ActivityMutexCount = 0;
 static SDL_Mutex *Android_LifecycleMutex = NULL;
 static SDL_Semaphore *Android_LifecycleEventSem = NULL;
 static SDL_AndroidLifecycleEvent Android_LifecycleEvents[SDL_NUM_ANDROID_LIFECYCLE_EVENTS];
@@ -997,6 +998,15 @@ bool Android_WaitLifecycleEvent(SDL_AndroidLifecycleEvent *event, Sint64 timeout
 {
     bool got_event = false;
 
+    int relock_count = 0;
+    Android_LockActivityMutex();
+    while (Android_ActivityMutexCount > 1) {
+        // We came into this function with the activity lock held, we need to unlock so lifecycle events can be dispatched
+        ++relock_count;
+        Android_UnlockActivityMutex();
+    }
+    Android_UnlockActivityMutex();
+
     while (!got_event && SDL_WaitSemaphoreTimeoutNS(Android_LifecycleEventSem, timeoutNS)) {
         SDL_LockMutex(Android_LifecycleMutex);
         {
@@ -1008,16 +1018,23 @@ bool Android_WaitLifecycleEvent(SDL_AndroidLifecycleEvent *event, Sint64 timeout
         }
         SDL_UnlockMutex(Android_LifecycleMutex);
     }
+
+    while (relock_count > 0) {
+        Android_LockActivityMutex();
+        --relock_count;
+    }
     return got_event;
 }
 
 void Android_LockActivityMutex(void)
 {
     SDL_LockMutex(Android_ActivityMutex);
+    ++Android_ActivityMutexCount;
 }
 
 void Android_UnlockActivityMutex(void)
 {
+    --Android_ActivityMutexCount;
     SDL_UnlockMutex(Android_ActivityMutex);
 }