diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterImageView.java b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterImageView.java
index 3dee0cd230f..e08a1629dd9 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterImageView.java
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterImageView.java
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ public class FlutterImageView extends View implements RenderSurface {
    */
   @Override
   public void attachToRenderer(@NonNull FlutterRenderer flutterRenderer) {
-    if (isAttachedToFlutterRenderer) {
-      return;
-    }
     switch (kind) {
       case background:
         flutterRenderer.swapSurface(imageReader.getSurface());
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterView.java b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterView.java
index 2b886bc9c24..ea02a08fd23 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterView.java
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterView.java
@@ -1068,7 +1068,9 @@ public class FlutterView extends FrameLayout implements MouseCursorPlugin.MouseC
           public void onFlutterUiDisplayed() {
             renderer.removeIsDisplayingFlutterUiListener(this);
             onDone.run();
-            flutterImageView.detachFromRenderer();
+            if (!(renderSurface instanceof FlutterImageView)) {
+              flutterImageView.detachFromRenderer();
+            }
           }
 
           @Override