diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/engine/src/flutter/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index 4f805f0c653..030be169a8d 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/display_list/display_list_tile_mode.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/display_list/display_list_unittests.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/display_list/display_list_utils.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/display_list/display_list_utils.h
+FILE: ../../../flutter/display_list/display_list_utils_unittests.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/display_list/display_list_vertices.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/display_list/display_list_vertices.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/display_list/display_list_vertices_unittests.cc
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/display_list/BUILD.gn b/engine/src/flutter/display_list/BUILD.gn
index c3442b4a44e..26cd0a06afe 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/display_list/BUILD.gn
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/display_list/BUILD.gn
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ if (enable_unittests) {
       "display_list_paint_unittests.cc",
       "display_list_path_effect_unittests.cc",
       "display_list_unittests.cc",
+      "display_list_utils_unittests.cc",
       "display_list_vertices_unittests.cc",
     ]
 
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/display_list/display_list_utils.cc b/engine/src/flutter/display_list/display_list_utils.cc
index 58fa227056f..25c88dea6cd 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/display_list/display_list_utils.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/display_list/display_list_utils.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ void SkPaintDispatchHelper::save_opacity(SkScalar child_opacity) {
   set_opacity(child_opacity);
 }
 void SkPaintDispatchHelper::restore_opacity() {
+  if (save_stack_.empty()) {
+    return;
+  }
   set_opacity(save_stack_.back().opacity);
   save_stack_.pop_back();
 }
@@ -163,6 +166,9 @@ void SkMatrixDispatchHelper::save() {
   saved_.push_back(matrix_);
 }
 void SkMatrixDispatchHelper::restore() {
+  if (saved_.empty()) {
+    return;
+  }
   matrix_ = saved_.back();
   matrix33_ = matrix_.asM33();
   saved_.pop_back();
@@ -233,6 +239,9 @@ void ClipBoundsDispatchHelper::save() {
   }
 }
 void ClipBoundsDispatchHelper::restore() {
+  if (saved_.empty()) {
+    return;
+  }
   bounds_ = saved_.back();
   saved_.pop_back();
   has_clip_ = (bounds_.fLeft <= bounds_.fRight &&  //
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/display_list/display_list_utils_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/display_list/display_list_utils_unittests.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3141ffd0ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/display_list/display_list_utils_unittests.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "flutter/display_list/display_list_utils.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace flutter {
+namespace testing {
+
+class MockDispatchHelper final : public virtual Dispatcher,
+                                 public virtual SkPaintDispatchHelper,
+                                 public virtual SkMatrixDispatchHelper,
+                                 public virtual ClipBoundsDispatchHelper,
+                                 public virtual IgnoreDrawDispatchHelper {
+ public:
+  void save() override {
+    SkPaintDispatchHelper::save_opacity(0.5f);
+    SkMatrixDispatchHelper::save();
+    ClipBoundsDispatchHelper::save();
+  }
+
+  void restore() override {
+    SkPaintDispatchHelper::restore_opacity();
+    SkMatrixDispatchHelper::restore();
+    ClipBoundsDispatchHelper::restore();
+  }
+};
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/100176.
+TEST(DisplayListUtils, OverRestore) {
+  MockDispatchHelper helper;
+  helper.save();
+  helper.restore();
+  // There should be a protection here for over-restore to keep the program from
+  // crashing.
+  helper.restore();
+}
+
+}  // namespace testing
+}  // namespace flutter