diff --git a/base b/base
index 5df21c423..781db2531 160000
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5df21c42336ce3b8b16e6b93edbffa79280587b5
+Subproject commit 781db253176d6a7bed650dfa4057ff361b0674bb
diff --git a/frontend/document/credocument.lua b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
index 25b057ca7..be1b614f1 100644
--- a/frontend/document/credocument.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ end
 function CreDocument:engineInit()
     if not engine_initialized then
         cre = require("libs/libkoreader-cre")
+
+        -- When forking to execute any stuff in a sub-process,
+        -- as that stuff may not care about properly closing
+        -- the document, skip cre.cpp finalizer to avoid any
+        -- assertion failure.
+        require("ffi/util").addRunInSubProcessAfterForkFunc("cre_skip_teardown", function()
+            cre.setSkipTearDown(true)
+        end)
+
         -- initialize cache
         self:cacheInit()
 
diff --git a/platform/android/luajit-launcher b/platform/android/luajit-launcher
index c4293f5ed..6714035be 160000
--- a/platform/android/luajit-launcher
+++ b/platform/android/luajit-launcher
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c4293f5ed35350d67d09876148aef1a5b65f6cdd
+Subproject commit 6714035be92d660bb5b7915b284fa7f108c257d5