diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlenews/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlenews/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
index d03ce31e7d..4644ddd141 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlenews/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlenews/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import app.revanced.patches.shared.misc.gms.gmsCoreSupportResourcePatch
 val gmsCoreSupportPatch = gmsCoreSupportPatch(
     fromPackageName = MAGAZINES_PACKAGE_NAME,
     toPackageName = REVANCED_MAGAZINES_PACKAGE_NAME,
-    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint = magazinesActivityOnCreateFingerprint,
+    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprintToInsertIndex = magazinesActivityOnCreateFingerprint to { 0 },
     extensionPatch = extensionPatch,
     gmsCoreSupportResourcePatchFactory = ::gmsCoreSupportResourcePatch,
 ) {
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlephotos/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlephotos/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
index 3ed14a29dd..4a27e93cae 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlephotos/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlephotos/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
@@ -5,12 +5,24 @@ import app.revanced.patches.googlephotos.misc.extension.extensionPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.googlephotos.misc.gms.Constants.PHOTOS_PACKAGE_NAME
 import app.revanced.patches.googlephotos.misc.gms.Constants.REVANCED_PHOTOS_PACKAGE_NAME
 import app.revanced.patches.shared.misc.gms.gmsCoreSupportPatch
+import app.revanced.util.getReference
+import app.revanced.util.indexOfFirstInstructionOrThrow
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.reference.MethodReference
 
 @Suppress("unused")
 val gmsCoreSupportPatch = gmsCoreSupportPatch(
     fromPackageName = PHOTOS_PACKAGE_NAME,
     toPackageName = REVANCED_PHOTOS_PACKAGE_NAME,
-    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint = homeActivityOnCreateFingerprint,
+    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprintToInsertIndex = homeActivityOnCreateFingerprint to {
+        val index = homeActivityOnCreateFingerprint.method.indexOfFirstInstructionOrThrow {
+            getReference<MethodReference>()?.name == "getApplicationContext"
+        }
+
+        // Below the move-result-object instruction,
+        // because the extension patch is used by the GmsCore support patch
+        // which hooks the getApplicationContext call.
+        index + 2
+    },
     extensionPatch = extensionPatch,
     gmsCoreSupportResourcePatchFactory = ::gmsCoreSupportResourcePatch,
 ) {
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
index 1a7a58db3e..5d74ef8be9 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ val gmsCoreSupportPatch = gmsCoreSupportPatch(
     earlyReturnFingerprints = setOf(
         castContextFetchFingerprint,
     ),
-    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint = musicActivityOnCreateFingerprint,
+    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprintToInsertIndex = musicActivityOnCreateFingerprint to { 0 },
     extensionPatch = sharedExtensionPatch,
     gmsCoreSupportResourcePatchFactory = ::gmsCoreSupportResourcePatch,
 ) {
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
index 623f60b2fb..5f10d80967 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ private const val PACKAGE_NAME_REGEX_PATTERN = "^[a-z]\\w*(\\.[a-z]\\w*)+\$"
  * @param toPackageName The package name to fall back to if no custom package name is specified in patch options.
  * @param primeMethodFingerprint The fingerprint of the "prime" method that needs to be patched.
  * @param earlyReturnFingerprints The fingerprints of methods that need to be returned early.
- * @param mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint The fingerprint of the main activity onCreate method.
+ * @param mainActivityOnCreateFingerprintToInsertIndex The fingerprint of the main activity onCreate method
+ * and a function to get the index to insert the GmsCore check instruction at.
  * @param extensionPatch The patch responsible for the extension.
  * @param gmsCoreSupportResourcePatchFactory The factory for the corresponding resource patch
  * that is used to patch the resources.
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ fun gmsCoreSupportPatch(
     toPackageName: String,
     primeMethodFingerprint: Fingerprint? = null,
     earlyReturnFingerprints: Set<Fingerprint> = setOf(),
-    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint: Fingerprint,
+    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprintToInsertIndex: Pair<Fingerprint, BytecodePatchContext.() -> Int>,
     extensionPatch: Patch<*>,
     gmsCoreSupportResourcePatchFactory: (gmsCoreVendorGroupIdOption: Option<String>) -> Patch<*>,
     executeBlock: BytecodePatchContext.() -> Unit = {},
@@ -189,11 +190,14 @@ fun gmsCoreSupportPatch(
         originalPackageNameExtensionFingerprint.method.returnEarly(fromPackageName)
 
         // Verify GmsCore is installed and whitelisted for power optimizations and background usage.
-        mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint.method.addInstruction(
-            0,
-            "invoke-static/range { p0 .. p0 }, $EXTENSION_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR->" +
-                    "checkGmsCore(Landroid/app/Activity;)V",
-        )
+
+        mainActivityOnCreateFingerprintToInsertIndex.let { (fingerprint, getInsertIndex) ->
+            fingerprint.method.addInstruction(
+                getInsertIndex(),
+                "invoke-static/range { p0 .. p0 }, $EXTENSION_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR->" +
+                        "checkGmsCore(Landroid/app/Activity;)V",
+            )
+        }
 
         // Change the vendor of GmsCore in the extension.
         getGmsCoreVendorGroupIdFingerprint.method.returnEarly(gmsCoreVendorGroupId)
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
index 9986ed9a06..605f904479 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatch.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ val gmsCoreSupportPatch = gmsCoreSupportPatch(
     earlyReturnFingerprints = setOf(
         castContextFetchFingerprint,
     ),
-    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint = mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint,
+    mainActivityOnCreateFingerprintToInsertIndex = mainActivityOnCreateFingerprint to { 0 },
     extensionPatch = sharedExtensionPatch,
     gmsCoreSupportResourcePatchFactory = ::gmsCoreSupportResourcePatch,
 ) {