diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/org/kivy/android/PythonActivity.java b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/org/kivy/android/PythonActivity.java
index 52905dcd15..4ad47cc478 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/org/kivy/android/PythonActivity.java
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/org/kivy/android/PythonActivity.java
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ public void run() {
       });
     }
 
+
     protected void showLoadingScreen() {
       // load the bitmap
       // 1. if the image is valid and we don't have layout yet, assign this bitmap
@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ protected void showLoadingScreen() {
       // 2. if we have a layout, just set it in the layout.
       // 3. If we have an mImageView already, then do nothing because it will have
       // already been made the content view or added to the layout.
+
       if (mImageView == null) {
         int presplashId = this.resourceManager.getIdentifier("presplash", "drawable");
         InputStream is = this.getResources().openRawResource(presplashId);
@@ -357,13 +359,14 @@ protected void showLoadingScreen() {
         ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));
         mImageView.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.FIT_CENTER);
 
-        if (mLayout == null) {
-          setContentView(mImageView);
-        } else {
-          mLayout.addView(mImageView);
-        }
-      }
     }
 
+    if (mLayout == null) {
+      setContentView(mImageView);
+    } else if (PythonActivity.mImageView.getParent() == null){
+      mLayout.addView(mImageView);
+    }
+
+    }
 
 }