diff --git a/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/data/VpnProfileSqlDataSource.java b/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/data/VpnProfileSqlDataSource.java
index cee26a457..63d2deabe 100644
--- a/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/data/VpnProfileSqlDataSource.java
+++ b/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/data/VpnProfileSqlDataSource.java
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ public class VpnProfileSqlDataSource implements VpnProfileDataSource
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A profile keeps the data source it was loaded from, which may be closed
+	 * by the time the profile is updated or deleted, so reopen on demand.
+	 */
+	private SQLiteDatabase database()
+	{
+		open();
+		return mDatabase;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void close()
 	{
@@ -67,7 +77,7 @@ public class VpnProfileSqlDataSource implements VpnProfileDataSource
 	public VpnProfile insertProfile(VpnProfile profile)
 	{
 		ContentValues values = ContentValuesFromVpnProfile(profile);
-		long insertId = mDatabase.insert(DatabaseHelper.TABLE_VPN_PROFILE.Name, null, values);
+		long insertId = database().insert(DatabaseHelper.TABLE_VPN_PROFILE.Name, null, values);
 		if (insertId == -1)
 		{
 			return null;
@@ -82,14 +92,14 @@ public class VpnProfileSqlDataSource implements VpnProfileDataSource
 	{
 		final UUID uuid = profile.getUUID();
 		ContentValues values = ContentValuesFromVpnProfile(profile);
-		return mDatabase.update(DatabaseHelper.TABLE_VPN_PROFILE.Name, values, KEY_UUID + " = ?", new String[]{uuid.toString()}) > 0;
+		return database().update(DatabaseHelper.TABLE_VPN_PROFILE.Name, values, KEY_UUID + " = ?", new String[]{uuid.toString()}) > 0;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean deleteVpnProfile(VpnProfile profile)
 	{
 		final UUID uuid = profile.getUUID();
-		return mDatabase.delete(DatabaseHelper.TABLE_VPN_PROFILE.Name, KEY_UUID + " = ?", new String[]{uuid.toString()}) > 0;
+		return database().delete(DatabaseHelper.TABLE_VPN_PROFILE.Name, KEY_UUID + " = ?", new String[]{uuid.toString()}) > 0;
 	}
 
 	@Override