diff --git a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
index 3784d4d..d7f725d 100644
--- a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
@@ -761,17 +761,18 @@
 
     /*
      * Enable debugging only for apps forked from zygote.
+     * Set suspend=y to pause during VM init and use android ADB transport.
      */
     if (zygote) {
-      // Set the JDWP provider and required arguments. By default let the runtime choose how JDWP is
-      // implemented. When this is not set the runtime defaults to not allowing JDWP.
       addOption("-XjdwpOptions:suspend=n,server=y");
-      parseRuntimeOption("dalvik.vm.jdwp-provider",
-                         jdwpProviderBuf,
-                         "-XjdwpProvider:",
-                         "default");
     }
 
+    // Set the JDWP provider. By default let the runtime choose.
+    parseRuntimeOption("dalvik.vm.jdwp-provider",
+                       jdwpProviderBuf,
+                       "-XjdwpProvider:",
+                       "default");
+
     parseRuntimeOption("dalvik.vm.lockprof.threshold",
                        lockProfThresholdBuf,
                        "-Xlockprofthreshold:");