diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
index 7e5464761e38c..db34856e0ad6c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
@@ -700,15 +700,9 @@ public class SurfaceView extends View implements ViewRootImpl.WindowStoppedCallb
                     mIsCreating = false;
                     if (mSurfaceControl != null && !mSurfaceCreated) {
                         mSurface.release();
-                        // If we are not in the stopped state, then the destruction of the Surface
-                        // represents a visual change we need to display, and we should go ahead
-                        // and destroy the SurfaceControl. However if we are in the stopped state,
-                        // we can just leave the Surface around so it can be a part of animations,
-                        // and we let the life-time be tied to the parent surface.
-                        if (!mWindowStopped) {
-                            mSurfaceControl.destroy();
-                            mSurfaceControl = null;
-                        }
+
+                        mSurfaceControl.destroy();
+                        mSurfaceControl = null;
                     }
                 }
             } catch (Exception ex) {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityRecord.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityRecord.java
index 16c5969a91678..e73f42fa42645 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityRecord.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityRecord.java
@@ -1626,6 +1626,10 @@ final class ActivityRecord extends ConfigurationContainer implements AppWindowCo
         if (parent != null) {
             parent.onActivityStateChanged(this, state, reason);
         }
+
+        if (state == STOPPING) {
+            mWindowContainerController.notifyAppStopping();
+        }
     }
 
     ActivityState getState() {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowContainerController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowContainerController.java
index 165a409028d66..644e3c3c732b5 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowContainerController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowContainerController.java
@@ -671,6 +671,17 @@ public class AppWindowContainerController
         }
     }
 
+    public void notifyAppStopping() {
+        synchronized(mWindowMap) {
+            if (mContainer == null) {
+                Slog.w(TAG_WM, "Attempted to notify stopping on non-existing app token: "
+                        + mToken);
+                return;
+            }
+            mContainer.detachChildren();
+        }
+    }
+
     public void notifyAppStopped() {
         synchronized(mWindowMap) {
             if (mContainer == null) {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowToken.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowToken.java
index a9560e65db09a..966ca4104710b 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowToken.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppWindowToken.java
@@ -913,12 +913,16 @@ class AppWindowToken extends WindowToken implements WindowManagerService.AppFree
         // try and clean up it's child surfaces. We need to prevent this from
         // happening, so we sever the children, transfering their ownership
         // from the client it-self to the parent surface (owned by us).
+        detachChildren();
+
+        mPendingRelaunchCount++;
+    }
+
+    void detachChildren() {
         for (int i = mChildren.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
             final WindowState w = mChildren.get(i);
             w.mWinAnimator.detachChildren();
         }
-
-        mPendingRelaunchCount++;
     }
 
     void finishRelaunching() {