diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/TypeManager.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/TypeManager.cs
index 0d94d275cd5..fb620addb9b 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/TypeManager.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/TypeManager.cs
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ internal static object CreateProxy (Type type, IntPtr handle, JniHandleOwnership
 
 		public static void RegisterType (string java_class, Type t)
 		{
-			string jniFromType = JavaNativeTypeManager.ToJniName (t);
+			string jniFromType = JNIEnv.GetJniName (t);
 			lock (jniToManaged) {
 				Type lookup;
 				if (!jniToManaged.TryGetValue (java_class, out lookup)) {