diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
index b54b76b02b8..d7bdf392643 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ public class AccessibilityBridge extends AccessibilityNodeProvider {
 
   @Nullable private OnAccessibilityChangeListener onAccessibilityChangeListener;
 
+  // Set to true after {@code release} has been invoked.
+  private boolean isReleased = false;
+
   // Handler for all messages received from Flutter via the {@code accessibilityChannel}
   private final AccessibilityChannel.AccessibilityMessageHandler accessibilityMessageHandler =
       new AccessibilityChannel.AccessibilityMessageHandler() {
@@ -274,6 +277,9 @@ public class AccessibilityBridge extends AccessibilityNodeProvider {
           new AccessibilityManager.AccessibilityStateChangeListener() {
             @Override
             public void onAccessibilityStateChanged(boolean accessibilityEnabled) {
+              if (isReleased) {
+                return;
+              }
               if (accessibilityEnabled) {
                 accessibilityChannel.setAccessibilityMessageHandler(accessibilityMessageHandler);
                 accessibilityChannel.onAndroidAccessibilityEnabled();
@@ -307,6 +313,9 @@ public class AccessibilityBridge extends AccessibilityNodeProvider {
 
         @Override
         public void onChange(boolean selfChange, Uri uri) {
+          if (isReleased) {
+            return;
+          }
           // Retrieve the current value of TRANSITION_ANIMATION_SCALE from the OS.
           String value =
               Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1
@@ -374,6 +383,9 @@ public class AccessibilityBridge extends AccessibilityNodeProvider {
           new AccessibilityManager.TouchExplorationStateChangeListener() {
             @Override
             public void onTouchExplorationStateChanged(boolean isTouchExplorationEnabled) {
+              if (isReleased) {
+                return;
+              }
               if (isTouchExplorationEnabled) {
                 accessibilityFeatureFlags |= AccessibilityFeature.ACCESSIBLE_NAVIGATION.value;
               } else {
@@ -421,6 +433,7 @@ public class AccessibilityBridge extends AccessibilityNodeProvider {
    * on this {@code AccessibilityBridge} after invoking {@code release()} is undefined.
    */
   public void release() {
+    isReleased = true;
     // platformViewsAccessibilityDelegate should be @NonNull once the plumbing
     // for io.flutter.embedding.engine.android.FlutterView is done.
     // TODO(mattcarrol): Remove the null check once the plumbing is done.
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridgeTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridgeTest.java
index 96ade8718a9..81d87ae56af 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridgeTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridgeTest.java
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ package io.flutter.view;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.reset;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
 
 @Config(manifest = Config.NONE)
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+@TargetApi(19)
 public class AccessibilityBridgeTest {
 
   @Test
@@ -197,14 +202,26 @@ public class AccessibilityBridgeTest {
   public void releaseDropsChannelMessageHandler() {
     AccessibilityChannel mockChannel = mock(AccessibilityChannel.class);
     AccessibilityManager mockManager = mock(AccessibilityManager.class);
+    ContentResolver mockContentResolver = mock(ContentResolver.class);
     when(mockManager.isEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
     AccessibilityBridge accessibilityBridge =
-        setUpBridge(null, mockChannel, mockManager, null, null, null);
+        setUpBridge(null, mockChannel, mockManager, mockContentResolver, null, null);
     verify(mockChannel)
         .setAccessibilityMessageHandler(
             any(AccessibilityChannel.AccessibilityMessageHandler.class));
+    ArgumentCaptor<AccessibilityManager.AccessibilityStateChangeListener> stateListenerCaptor =
+        ArgumentCaptor.forClass(AccessibilityManager.AccessibilityStateChangeListener.class);
+    ArgumentCaptor<AccessibilityManager.TouchExplorationStateChangeListener> touchListenerCaptor =
+        ArgumentCaptor.forClass(AccessibilityManager.TouchExplorationStateChangeListener.class);
+    verify(mockManager).addAccessibilityStateChangeListener(stateListenerCaptor.capture());
+    verify(mockManager).addTouchExplorationStateChangeListener(touchListenerCaptor.capture());
     accessibilityBridge.release();
     verify(mockChannel).setAccessibilityMessageHandler(null);
+    reset(mockChannel);
+    stateListenerCaptor.getValue().onAccessibilityStateChanged(true);
+    verify(mockChannel, never()).onAndroidAccessibilityEnabled();
+    touchListenerCaptor.getValue().onTouchExplorationStateChanged(true);
+    verify(mockChannel, never()).setAccessibilityFeatures(anyInt());
   }
 
   AccessibilityBridge setUpBridge() {