diff --git a/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java b/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
index c703aaf88b50b..b64a06e9cc790 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class GLES20Canvas extends HardwareCanvas {
     static native void nSetLayerColorFilter(int layerId, int nativeColorFilter);
     static native void nUpdateTextureLayer(int layerId, int width, int height, boolean opaque,
             SurfaceTexture surface);
+    static native void nClearLayerTexture(int layerId);
     static native void nSetTextureLayerTransform(int layerId, int matrix);
     static native void nDestroyLayer(int layerId);
     static native void nDestroyLayerDeferred(int layerId);
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/GLES20Layer.java b/core/java/android/view/GLES20Layer.java
index a462ed635ea5c..812fb977421ed 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/GLES20Layer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/GLES20Layer.java
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ abstract class GLES20Layer extends HardwareLayer {
         mLayer = 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    void clearStorage() {
+        if (mLayer != 0) GLES20Canvas.nClearLayerTexture(mLayer);
+    }
+
     static class Finalizer {
         private int mLayerId;
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/GLES20TextureLayer.java b/core/java/android/view/GLES20TextureLayer.java
index 797c7342c947c..e863e49a01411 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/GLES20TextureLayer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/GLES20TextureLayer.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class GLES20TextureLayer extends GLES20Layer {
             mFinalizer = new Finalizer(mLayer);
         } else {
             mFinalizer = null;
-        }        
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/HardwareLayer.java b/core/java/android/view/HardwareLayer.java
index d6868ca16f9a9..d3bc35a2af42d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/HardwareLayer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/HardwareLayer.java
@@ -204,4 +204,9 @@ abstract class HardwareLayer {
      * @param dirtyRect The dirty region of the layer that needs to be redrawn
      */
     abstract void redrawLater(DisplayList displayList, Rect dirtyRect);
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates that this layer has lost its underlying storage.
+     */
+    abstract void clearStorage();
 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/TextureView.java b/core/java/android/view/TextureView.java
index 7e335f042deb6..876b7d8479199 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/TextureView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/TextureView.java
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ public class TextureView extends View {
     private void destroySurface() {
         if (mLayer != null) {
             mSurface.detachFromGLContext();
+            mLayer.clearStorage();
 
             boolean shouldRelease = true;
             if (mListener != null) {
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
index a3834acba2bb4..1b71b4329649b 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
@@ -822,6 +822,11 @@ static void android_view_GLES20Canvas_updateRenderLayer(JNIEnv* env, jobject cla
     layer->updateDeferred(renderer, displayList, left, top, right, bottom);
 }
 
+static void android_view_GLES20Canvas_clearLayerTexture(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz,
+        Layer* layer) {
+    layer->clearTexture();
+}
+
 static void android_view_GLES20Canvas_setTextureLayerTransform(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz,
         Layer* layer, SkMatrix* matrix) {
 
@@ -1016,6 +1021,7 @@ static JNINativeMethod gMethods[] = {
     { "nUpdateTextureLayer",     "(IIIZLandroid/graphics/SurfaceTexture;)V",
             (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_updateTextureLayer },
     { "nUpdateRenderLayer",      "(IIIIIII)V", (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_updateRenderLayer },
+    { "nClearLayerTexture",      "(I)V",       (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_clearLayerTexture },
     { "nDestroyLayer",           "(I)V",       (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_destroyLayer },
     { "nDestroyLayerDeferred",   "(I)V",       (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_destroyLayerDeferred },
     { "nDrawLayer",              "(IIFFI)V",   (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_drawLayer },
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Layer.h b/libs/hwui/Layer.h
index d2cd4407ed94a..9b6205d31f28c 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Layer.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/Layer.h
@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ struct Layer {
         return fbo;
     }
 
-    inline GLuint* getTexturePointer() {
-        return &texture.id;
-    }
-
     inline GLuint getTexture() {
         return texture.id;
     }
@@ -181,15 +177,31 @@ struct Layer {
     ANDROID_API void setColorFilter(SkiaColorFilter* filter);
 
     inline void bindTexture() {
-        glBindTexture(renderTarget, texture.id);
+        if (texture.id) {
+            glBindTexture(renderTarget, texture.id);
+        }
     }
 
     inline void generateTexture() {
-        glGenTextures(1, &texture.id);
+        if (!texture.id) {
+            glGenTextures(1, &texture.id);
+        }
     }
 
     inline void deleteTexture() {
-        if (texture.id) glDeleteTextures(1, &texture.id);
+        if (texture.id) {
+            glDeleteTextures(1, &texture.id);
+            texture.id = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * When the caller frees the texture itself, the caller
+     * must call this method to tell this layer that it lost
+     * the texture.
+     */
+    void clearTexture() {
+        texture.id = 0;
     }
 
     inline void deleteFbo() {