diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
index e590739996839..076b33cc9d6a0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ public class SurfaceView extends View {
                 } break;
                 case DRAW_FINISHED_MSG: {
                     mDrawFinished = true;
-                    invalidate();
+                    if (mAttachedToWindow) {
+                        notifyDrawFinished();
+                        invalidate();
+                    }
                 } break;
             }
         }
@@ -188,9 +191,12 @@ public class SurfaceView extends View {
     private Translator mTranslator;
 
     private boolean mGlobalListenersAdded;
+    private boolean mAttachedToWindow;
 
     private int mSurfaceFlags = SurfaceControl.HIDDEN;
 
+    private int mPendingReportDraws;
+
     public SurfaceView(Context context) {
         this(context, null);
     }
@@ -227,6 +233,7 @@ public class SurfaceView extends View {
         mViewVisibility = getVisibility() == VISIBLE;
         mRequestedVisible = mViewVisibility && mWindowVisibility;
 
+        mAttachedToWindow = true;
         if (!mGlobalListenersAdded) {
             ViewTreeObserver observer = getViewTreeObserver();
             observer.addOnScrollChangedListener(mScrollChangedListener);
@@ -261,8 +268,17 @@ public class SurfaceView extends View {
         updateSurface();
     }
 
+    void notifyDrawFinished() {
+        ViewRootImpl viewRoot = getViewRootImpl();
+        if (viewRoot != null) {
+            viewRoot.pendingDrawFinished();
+        }
+        mPendingReportDraws--;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
+        mAttachedToWindow = false;
         if (mGlobalListenersAdded) {
             ViewTreeObserver observer = getViewTreeObserver();
             observer.removeOnScrollChangedListener(mScrollChangedListener);
@@ -270,6 +286,10 @@ public class SurfaceView extends View {
             mGlobalListenersAdded = false;
         }
 
+        while (mPendingReportDraws > 0) {
+            notifyDrawFinished();
+        }
+
         mRequestedVisible = false;
 
         updateSurface();
@@ -618,6 +638,9 @@ public class SurfaceView extends View {
                             if (callbacks == null) {
                                 callbacks = getSurfaceCallbacks();
                             }
+
+                            mPendingReportDraws++;
+                            viewRoot.drawPending();
                             SurfaceCallbackHelper sch =
                                     new SurfaceCallbackHelper(this::onDrawFinished);
                             sch.dispatchSurfaceRedrawNeededAsync(mSurfaceHolder, callbacks);
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java b/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
index 168178702ebf4..6d5037ab1fc5a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
@@ -2703,8 +2703,40 @@ public final class ViewRootImpl implements ViewParent,
         }
     }
 
-    private void onDrawFinished() {
+    /**
+     * A count of the number of calls to pendingDrawFinished we
+     * require to notify the WM drawing is complete.
+     *
+     * This starts at 1, for the ViewRootImpl surface itself.
+     * Subsurfaces may debt the value with drawPending.
+     */
+    int mDrawsNeededToReport = 1;
+
+    /**
+     * Delay notifying WM of draw finished until
+     * a balanced call to pendingDrawFinished.
+     */
+    void drawPending() {
+        mDrawsNeededToReport++;
+    }
+
+    void pendingDrawFinished() {
+        if (mDrawsNeededToReport == 0) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unbalanced drawPending/pendingDrawFinished calls");
+        }
+        mDrawsNeededToReport--;
+        if (mDrawsNeededToReport == 0) {
+            reportDrawFinished();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void postDrawFinished() {
+        mHandler.sendEmptyMessage(MSG_DRAW_FINISHED);
+    }
+
+    private void reportDrawFinished() {
         try {
+            mDrawsNeededToReport = 1;
             mWindowSession.finishDrawing(mWindow);
         } catch (RemoteException e) {
             // Have fun!
@@ -2761,15 +2793,12 @@ public final class ViewRootImpl implements ViewParent,
             }
 
             if (mSurfaceHolder != null && mSurface.isValid()) {
-                SurfaceCallbackHelper sch = new SurfaceCallbackHelper(this::onDrawFinished);
+                SurfaceCallbackHelper sch = new SurfaceCallbackHelper(this::postDrawFinished);
                 SurfaceHolder.Callback callbacks[] = mSurfaceHolder.getCallbacks();
 
                 sch.dispatchSurfaceRedrawNeededAsync(mSurfaceHolder, callbacks);
             } else {
-                try {
-                    mWindowSession.finishDrawing(mWindow);
-                } catch (RemoteException e) {
-                }
+                pendingDrawFinished();
             }
         }
     }
@@ -3567,6 +3596,7 @@ public final class ViewRootImpl implements ViewParent,
     private final static int MSG_REQUEST_KEYBOARD_SHORTCUTS = 26;
     private final static int MSG_UPDATE_POINTER_ICON = 27;
     private final static int MSG_POINTER_CAPTURE_CHANGED = 28;
+    private final static int MSG_DRAW_FINISHED = 29;
 
     final class ViewRootHandler extends Handler {
         @Override
@@ -3618,6 +3648,8 @@ public final class ViewRootImpl implements ViewParent,
                     return "MSG_UPDATE_POINTER_ICON";
                 case MSG_POINTER_CAPTURE_CHANGED:
                     return "MSG_POINTER_CAPTURE_CHANGED";
+                case MSG_DRAW_FINISHED:
+                    return "MSG_DRAW_FINISHED";
             }
             return super.getMessageName(message);
         }
@@ -3891,6 +3923,9 @@ public final class ViewRootImpl implements ViewParent,
                 final boolean hasCapture = msg.arg1 != 0;
                 handlePointerCaptureChanged(hasCapture);
             } break;
+            case MSG_DRAW_FINISHED: {
+                pendingDrawFinished();
+            } break;
             }
         }
     }