diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/shopify/reactnative/skia/SkiaBaseView.java b/package/android/src/main/java/com/shopify/reactnative/skia/SkiaBaseView.java
index 0aeedd4442..f8a542734d 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/shopify/reactnative/skia/SkiaBaseView.java
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/shopify/reactnative/skia/SkiaBaseView.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ public abstract class SkiaBaseView extends ReactViewGroup implements TextureView
 
     private String tag = "SkiaView";
 
+    private boolean isDropped = false;
+
     public SkiaBaseView(Context context) {
         super(context);
         mTexture = new TextureView(context);
@@ -21,11 +23,6 @@ public SkiaBaseView(Context context) {
         addView(mTexture);
     }
 
-    public void destroySurface() {
-        Log.i(tag, "destroySurface");
-        surfaceDestroyed();
-    }
-
     private void createSurfaceTexture() {
         // This API Level is >= 26, we created our own SurfaceTexture to have a faster time to first frame
         if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
@@ -36,6 +33,11 @@ private void createSurfaceTexture() {
         }
     }
 
+    void dropInstance() {
+        isDropped = true;
+        unregisterView();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
         super.onAttachedToWindow();
@@ -129,6 +131,9 @@ public void onSurfaceTextureAvailable(SurfaceTexture surface, int width, int hei
 
     @Override
     public void onSurfaceTextureSizeChanged(SurfaceTexture surface, int width, int height) {
+        if (isDropped) {
+            return;
+        }
         Log.i(tag, "onSurfaceTextureSizeChanged " + width + "/" + height);
         surfaceSizeChanged(width, height);
     }
@@ -137,12 +142,14 @@ public void onSurfaceTextureSizeChanged(SurfaceTexture surface, int width, int h
     public boolean onSurfaceTextureDestroyed(SurfaceTexture surface) {
         Log.i(tag, "onSurfaceTextureDestroyed");
         // https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/TextureView.SurfaceTextureListener#onSurfaceTextureDestroyed(android.graphics.SurfaceTexture)
-        destroySurface();
+        surfaceDestroyed();
         // Because of React Native Screens (which dettach the view), we always keep the surface alive.
         // If not, Texture view will recreate the texture surface by itself and
         // we will lose the fast first time to frame.
         // We only delete the surface when the view is dropped (destroySurface invoked by SkiaBaseViewManager);
-        createSurfaceTexture();
+        if (!isDropped) {
+            createSurfaceTexture();
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/shopify/reactnative/skia/SkiaBaseViewManager.java b/package/android/src/main/java/com/shopify/reactnative/skia/SkiaBaseViewManager.java
index 11a1cbf6bf..4317de650a 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/shopify/reactnative/skia/SkiaBaseViewManager.java
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/shopify/reactnative/skia/SkiaBaseViewManager.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ public void setDebug(T view, boolean show) {
     @Override
     public void onDropViewInstance(@NonNull ReactViewGroup view) {
         super.onDropViewInstance(view);
-        ((SkiaBaseView)view).destroySurface();
-        ((SkiaBaseView)view).unregisterView();
+        ((SkiaBaseView)view).dropInstance();
     }
 }
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