From 9cc490e89f635db3712d8e955e85b232a4c3f560 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Kotas <jkotas@microsoft.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:05:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure that ICU is loaded in tests before checking its
 version (#96288)

Fixes #96279
---
 .../Common/tests/TestUtilities/System/PlatformDetection.cs     | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libraries/Common/tests/TestUtilities/System/PlatformDetection.cs b/src/libraries/Common/tests/TestUtilities/System/PlatformDetection.cs
index ac7d5e5a3ee6d8..f3a8aae9b38fd6 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Common/tests/TestUtilities/System/PlatformDetection.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Common/tests/TestUtilities/System/PlatformDetection.cs
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ private static Version GetICUVersion()
                     MethodInfo methodInfo = interopGlobalization.GetMethod("GetICUVersion", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static);
                     if (methodInfo != null)
                     {
+                        // Ensure that ICU has been loaded
+                        GC.KeepAlive(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture);
+
                         version = (int)methodInfo.Invoke(null, null);
                     }
                 }