diff --git a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaOpenGLPipeline.cpp b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaOpenGLPipeline.cpp
index 3b1ebd690465a..e586be1d07088 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaOpenGLPipeline.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaOpenGLPipeline.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ namespace uirenderer {
 namespace skiapipeline {
 
 SkiaOpenGLPipeline::SkiaOpenGLPipeline(RenderThread& thread)
-        : SkiaPipeline(thread), mEglManager(thread.eglManager()) {}
+        : SkiaPipeline(thread), mEglManager(thread.eglManager()) {
+    thread.renderState().registerContextCallback(this);
+}
+
+SkiaOpenGLPipeline::~SkiaOpenGLPipeline() {
+    mRenderThread.renderState().removeContextCallback(this);
+}
 
 MakeCurrentResult SkiaOpenGLPipeline::makeCurrent() {
     // TODO: Figure out why this workaround is needed, see b/13913604
@@ -135,6 +141,13 @@ DeferredLayerUpdater* SkiaOpenGLPipeline::createTextureLayer() {
     return new DeferredLayerUpdater(mRenderThread.renderState());
 }
 
+void SkiaOpenGLPipeline::onContextDestroyed() {
+    if (mEglSurface != EGL_NO_SURFACE) {
+        mEglManager.destroySurface(mEglSurface);
+        mEglSurface = EGL_NO_SURFACE;
+    }
+}
+
 void SkiaOpenGLPipeline::onStop() {
     if (mEglManager.isCurrent(mEglSurface)) {
         mEglManager.makeCurrent(EGL_NO_SURFACE);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaOpenGLPipeline.h b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaOpenGLPipeline.h
index fbdf3139dabd1..086a76088a75a 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaOpenGLPipeline.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaOpenGLPipeline.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include "SkiaPipeline.h"
 
+#include "renderstate/RenderState.h"
+
 namespace android {
 
 class Bitmap;
@@ -25,10 +27,10 @@ class Bitmap;
 namespace uirenderer {
 namespace skiapipeline {
 
-class SkiaOpenGLPipeline : public SkiaPipeline {
+class SkiaOpenGLPipeline : public SkiaPipeline, public IGpuContextCallback {
 public:
     SkiaOpenGLPipeline(renderthread::RenderThread& thread);
-    virtual ~SkiaOpenGLPipeline() {}
+    virtual ~SkiaOpenGLPipeline();
 
     renderthread::MakeCurrentResult makeCurrent() override;
     renderthread::Frame getFrame() override;
@@ -50,6 +52,9 @@ public:
 
     static void invokeFunctor(const renderthread::RenderThread& thread, Functor* functor);
 
+protected:
+    void onContextDestroyed() override;
+
 private:
     renderthread::EglManager& mEglManager;
     EGLSurface mEglSurface = EGL_NO_SURFACE;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderstate/RenderState.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderstate/RenderState.cpp
index b524bcb096dab..b595ab859a61d 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderstate/RenderState.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderstate/RenderState.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,15 @@ void RenderState::onContextCreated() {
     GpuMemoryTracker::onGpuContextCreated();
 }
 
+static void destroyLayerInUpdater(DeferredLayerUpdater* layerUpdater) {
+    layerUpdater->destroyLayer();
+}
+
 void RenderState::onContextDestroyed() {
-    destroyLayersInUpdater();
+    std::for_each(mActiveLayerUpdaters.begin(), mActiveLayerUpdaters.end(), destroyLayerInUpdater);
+    for(auto callback : mContextCallbacks) {
+        callback->onContextDestroyed();
+    }
     GpuMemoryTracker::onGpuContextDestroyed();
 }
 
@@ -91,14 +98,6 @@ void RenderState::debugOverdraw(bool enable, bool clear) {
     // DEAD CODE
 }
 
-static void destroyLayerInUpdater(DeferredLayerUpdater* layerUpdater) {
-    layerUpdater->destroyLayer();
-}
-
-void RenderState::destroyLayersInUpdater() {
-    std::for_each(mActiveLayerUpdaters.begin(), mActiveLayerUpdaters.end(), destroyLayerInUpdater);
-}
-
 void RenderState::postDecStrong(VirtualLightRefBase* object) {
     if (pthread_equal(mThreadId, pthread_self())) {
         object->decStrong(nullptr);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderstate/RenderState.h b/libs/hwui/renderstate/RenderState.h
index f39aa4b96547d..dee02e9873d8d 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderstate/RenderState.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderstate/RenderState.h
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ class CanvasContext;
 class RenderThread;
 }
 
+class IGpuContextCallback {
+public:
+    virtual void onContextDestroyed() = 0;
+protected:
+    virtual ~IGpuContextCallback() {}
+};
+
 // wrapper of Caches for users to migrate to.
 class RenderState {
     PREVENT_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(RenderState);
@@ -48,9 +55,6 @@ class RenderState {
     friend class renderthread::CacheManager;
 
 public:
-    void onContextCreated();
-    void onContextDestroyed();
-
     void onBitmapDestroyed(uint32_t pixelRefId);
 
     void setViewport(GLsizei width, GLsizei height);
@@ -63,6 +67,9 @@ public:
 
     void debugOverdraw(bool enable, bool clear);
 
+    void registerContextCallback(IGpuContextCallback* cb) { mContextCallbacks.insert(cb); }
+    void removeContextCallback(IGpuContextCallback* cb) { mContextCallbacks.erase(cb); }
+
     void registerLayer(Layer* layer) { mActiveLayers.insert(layer); }
     void unregisterLayer(Layer* layer) { mActiveLayers.erase(layer); }
 
@@ -93,13 +100,16 @@ public:
     renderthread::RenderThread& getRenderThread();
 
 private:
-    void destroyLayersInUpdater();
-
     explicit RenderState(renderthread::RenderThread& thread);
     ~RenderState();
 
+    // Context notifications are only to be triggered by renderthread::RenderThread
+    void onContextCreated();
+    void onContextDestroyed();
+
     renderthread::RenderThread& mRenderThread;
 
+    std::set<IGpuContextCallback*> mContextCallbacks;
     std::set<Layer*> mActiveLayers;
     std::set<DeferredLayerUpdater*> mActiveLayerUpdaters;
     std::set<renderthread::CanvasContext*> mRegisteredContexts;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
index a5dcc72636d14..207673c1c8dd4 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ void RenderThread::requireGlContext() {
         return;
     }
     mEglManager->initialize();
-    renderState().onContextCreated();
 
 #ifdef HWUI_GLES_WRAP_ENABLED
     debug::GlesDriver* driver = debug::GlesDriver::get();
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ void RenderThread::requireGlContext() {
 void RenderThread::destroyGlContext() {
     if (mEglManager->hasEglContext()) {
         setGrContext(nullptr);
-        renderState().onContextDestroyed();
         mEglManager->destroy();
     }
 }
@@ -243,10 +241,12 @@ Readback& RenderThread::readback() {
 void RenderThread::setGrContext(sk_sp<GrContext> context) {
     mCacheManager->reset(context);
     if (mGrContext) {
+        mRenderState->onContextDestroyed();
         mGrContext->releaseResourcesAndAbandonContext();
     }
     mGrContext = std::move(context);
     if (mGrContext) {
+        mRenderState->onContextCreated();
         DeviceInfo::setMaxTextureSize(mGrContext->maxRenderTargetSize());
     }
 }
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
index 488117253e7a4..e60d43e4001e3 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ namespace renderthread {
 VulkanManager::VulkanManager(RenderThread& thread) : mRenderThread(thread) {}
 
 void VulkanManager::destroy() {
-    mRenderThread.renderState().onContextDestroyed();
     mRenderThread.setGrContext(nullptr);
 
     if (VK_NULL_HANDLE != mCommandPool) {
@@ -401,8 +400,6 @@ void VulkanManager::initialize() {
     if (Properties::enablePartialUpdates && Properties::useBufferAge) {
         mSwapBehavior = SwapBehavior::BufferAge;
     }
-
-    mRenderThread.renderState().onContextCreated();
 }
 
 // Returns the next BackbufferInfo to use for the next draw. The function will make sure all
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/SkiaPipelineTests.cpp b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/SkiaPipelineTests.cpp
index 5e5d13485942c..680fcb3a732b9 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/SkiaPipelineTests.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/SkiaPipelineTests.cpp
@@ -382,3 +382,13 @@ RENDERTHREAD_SKIA_PIPELINE_TEST(SkiaPipeline, clip_replace) {
                           SkRect::MakeWH(CANVAS_WIDTH, CANVAS_HEIGHT), surface);
     EXPECT_EQ(1, surface->canvas()->mDrawCounter);
 }
+
+RENDERTHREAD_SKIA_PIPELINE_TEST(SkiaPipeline, context_lost) {
+    auto pipeline = std::make_unique<SkiaOpenGLPipeline>(renderThread);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(pipeline->isSurfaceReady());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(pipeline->setSurface((Surface*)0x01, SwapBehavior::kSwap_default, ColorMode::Legacy));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(pipeline->isSurfaceReady());
+    renderThread.destroyGlContext();
+    EXPECT_FALSE(pipeline->isSurfaceReady());
+}
+