diff --git a/src/android/accessibility/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/accessibility/QtAccessibilityDelegate.java b/src/android/accessibility/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/accessibility/QtAccessibilityDelegate.java
index 669fbaab0d..70b02d8d04 100644
--- a/src/android/accessibility/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/accessibility/QtAccessibilityDelegate.java
+++ b/src/android/accessibility/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/accessibility/QtAccessibilityDelegate.java
@@ -240,8 +240,12 @@ public class QtAccessibilityDelegate extends View.AccessibilityDelegate
         node.setClassName(m_view.getClass().getName() + DEFAULT_CLASS_NAME);
         node.setPackageName(m_view.getContext().getPackageName());
 
+        if (!QtNativeAccessibility.populateNode(virtualViewId, node))
+            return node;
+
+        // set only if valid, otherwise we return a node that is invalid and will crash when accessed
         node.setSource(m_view, virtualViewId);
-        QtNativeAccessibility.populateNode(virtualViewId, node);
+
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(node.getText()) && TextUtils.isEmpty(node.getContentDescription()))
             Log.w(TAG, "AccessibilityNodeInfo with empty contentDescription: " + virtualViewId);
 
diff --git a/src/android/accessibility/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/accessibility/QtNativeAccessibility.java b/src/android/accessibility/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/accessibility/QtNativeAccessibility.java
index b1cc82c065..8a53623957 100644
--- a/src/android/accessibility/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/accessibility/QtNativeAccessibility.java
+++ b/src/android/accessibility/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/accessibility/QtNativeAccessibility.java
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ class QtNativeAccessibility
     static native int hitTest(float x, float y);
     static native boolean clickAction(int objectId);
 
-    static native void populateNode(int objectId, AccessibilityNodeInfo node);
+    static native boolean populateNode(int objectId, AccessibilityNodeInfo node);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.cpp
index a38741cc91..2c1701db83 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ if (!clazz) { \
     jmethodID method = env->GetMethodID(clazz, METHOD_NAME, METHOD_SIGNATURE); \
     if (!method) { \
         __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, m_qtTag, m_methodErrorMsg, METHOD_NAME, METHOD_SIGNATURE); \
-        return; \
+        return false; \
     } \
     env->CallVoidMethod(OBJECT, method, __VA_ARGS__); \
 }
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ if (!clazz) { \
         return jdesc;
     }
 
-    static void populateNode(JNIEnv *env, jobject /*thiz*/, jint objectId, jobject node)
+    static bool populateNode(JNIEnv *env, jobject /*thiz*/, jint objectId, jobject node)
     {
         QAccessibleInterface *iface = interfaceFromId(objectId);
         if (!iface || !iface->isValid()) {
             __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, m_qtTag, "Accessibility: populateNode for Invalid ID");
-            return;
+            return false;
         }
         QAccessible::State state = iface->state();
 
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ if (!clazz) { \
         jstring jdesc = env->NewString((jchar*) desc.constData(), (jsize) desc.size());
         //CALL_METHOD(node, "setText", "(Ljava/lang/CharSequence;)V", jdesc)
         CALL_METHOD(node, "setContentDescription", "(Ljava/lang/CharSequence;)V", jdesc)
+
+        return true;
     }
 
     static JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ if (!clazz) { \
         {"descriptionForAccessibleObject", "(I)Ljava/lang/String;", (jstring)descriptionForAccessibleObject},
         {"screenRect", "(I)Landroid/graphics/Rect;", (jobject)screenRect},
         {"hitTest", "(FF)I", (void*)hitTest},
-        {"populateNode", "(ILandroid/view/accessibility/AccessibilityNodeInfo;)V", (void*)populateNode},
+        {"populateNode", "(ILandroid/view/accessibility/AccessibilityNodeInfo;)Z", (void*)populateNode},
         {"clickAction", "(I)Z", (void*)clickAction},
     };