diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index f38e94814..24bd2a63e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -710,6 +710,14 @@ void SurfaceFlinger::computeVisibleRegions(
 
 void SurfaceFlinger::commitTransaction()
 {
+    if (!mLayersPendingRemoval.isEmpty()) {
+        // Notify removed layers now that they can't be drawn from
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < mLayersPendingRemoval.size(); i++) {
+            mLayersPendingRemoval[i]->onRemoved();
+        }
+        mLayersPendingRemoval.clear();
+    }
+
     mDrawingState = mCurrentState;
     mTransationPending = false;
     mTransactionCV.broadcast();
@@ -1162,7 +1170,7 @@ status_t SurfaceFlinger::purgatorizeLayer_l(const sp<LayerBase>& layerBase)
         mLayerPurgatory.add(layerBase);
     }
 
-    layerBase->onRemoved();
+    mLayersPendingRemoval.push(layerBase);
 
     // it's possible that we don't find a layer, because it might
     // have been destroyed already -- this is not technically an error
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index 17028dbb6..17b80a6ed 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ private:
                 Condition               mTransactionCV;
                 SortedVector< sp<LayerBase> > mLayerPurgatory;
                 bool                    mTransationPending;
+                Vector< sp<LayerBase> > mLayersPendingRemoval;
 
                 // protected by mStateLock (but we could use another lock)
                 GraphicPlane                mGraphicPlanes[1];