diff --git a/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationControlCallbacks.java b/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationControlCallbacks.java
index a15d6c79417c5..4227f78564a7f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationControlCallbacks.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationControlCallbacks.java
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ public interface InsetsAnimationControlCallbacks {
      *               apply.
      */
     void applySurfaceParams(SyncRtSurfaceTransactionApplier.SurfaceParams... params);
+
+    /**
+     * Post a message to release the Surface, guaranteed to happen after all
+     * previous calls to applySurfaceParams.
+     */
+    void releaseSurfaceControlFromRt(SurfaceControl sc);
 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationControlImpl.java b/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationControlImpl.java
index 2b30c2dd658e0..baee4123ef476 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationControlImpl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationControlImpl.java
@@ -180,10 +180,19 @@ public class InsetsAnimationControlImpl implements WindowInsetsAnimationControll
         mAnimation.setAlpha(mPendingAlpha);
         if (mFinished) {
             mController.notifyFinished(this, mShownOnFinish);
+            releaseLeashes();
         }
         return mFinished;
     }
 
+    private void releaseLeashes() {
+        for (int i = mControls.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            final InsetsSourceControl c = mControls.valueAt(i);
+            if (c == null) continue;
+            c.release(mController::releaseSurfaceControlFromRt);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void finish(boolean shown) {
         if (mCancelled || mFinished) {
@@ -191,6 +200,7 @@ public class InsetsAnimationControlImpl implements WindowInsetsAnimationControll
         }
         setInsetsAndAlpha(shown ? mShownInsets : mHiddenInsets, 1f /* alpha */, 1f /* fraction */);
         mFinished = true;
+
         mShownOnFinish = shown;
     }
 
@@ -207,6 +217,8 @@ public class InsetsAnimationControlImpl implements WindowInsetsAnimationControll
         }
         mCancelled = true;
         mListener.onCancelled();
+
+        releaseLeashes();
     }
 
     public boolean isCancelled() {
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationThreadControlRunner.java b/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationThreadControlRunner.java
index 9c27802293b8f..13b4cd83b4df2 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationThreadControlRunner.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/InsetsAnimationThreadControlRunner.java
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ public class InsetsAnimationThreadControlRunner implements InsetsAnimationContro
             t.apply();
             t.close();
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void releaseSurfaceControlFromRt(SurfaceControl sc) {
+            // Since we don't push the SurfaceParams to the RT we can release directly
+            sc.release();
+        }
     };
 
     @UiThread
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/InsetsController.java b/core/java/android/view/InsetsController.java
index c1763d62d8297..88e7f2ed9cf1f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/InsetsController.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/InsetsController.java
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ public class InsetsController implements WindowInsetsController, InsetsAnimation
             }
             final InsetsSourceControl control = consumer.getControl();
             if (control != null) {
-                controls.put(consumer.getType(), control);
+                controls.put(consumer.getType(), new InsetsSourceControl(control));
                 typesReady |= toPublicType(consumer.getType());
             } else if (animationType == ANIMATION_TYPE_SHOW) {
 
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/InsetsPolicy.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/InsetsPolicy.java
index 958c8af3af249..30912e55f9080 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/InsetsPolicy.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/InsetsPolicy.java
@@ -409,6 +409,13 @@ class InsetsPolicy {
                 t.close();
             }
 
+            // Since we don't push applySurfaceParams to a Handler-queue we don't need
+            // to push release in this case.
+            @Override
+            public void releaseSurfaceControlFromRt(SurfaceControl sc) {
+                sc.release();
+            }
+
             @Override
             public void startAnimation(InsetsAnimationControlImpl controller,
                     WindowInsetsAnimationControlListener listener, int types,