diff --git a/GVRf/Framework/src/org/gearvrf/scene_objects/GVRViewSceneObject.java b/GVRf/Framework/src/org/gearvrf/scene_objects/GVRViewSceneObject.java
index 553e6243f..03da83eb5 100644
--- a/GVRf/Framework/src/org/gearvrf/scene_objects/GVRViewSceneObject.java
+++ b/GVRf/Framework/src/org/gearvrf/scene_objects/GVRViewSceneObject.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 package org.gearvrf.scene_objects;
 
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+
 import org.gearvrf.GVRContext;
 import org.gearvrf.GVRDrawFrameListener;
 import org.gearvrf.GVRExternalTexture;
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@
  * into the scene with an arbitrarily complex geometry.
  * See {@link GVRView}
  */
-public class GVRViewSceneObject extends GVRSceneObject implements
-        GVRDrawFrameListener {
+public class GVRViewSceneObject extends GVRSceneObject {
 
     private final Surface mSurface;
     private final SurfaceTexture mSurfaceTexture;
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ public class GVRViewSceneObject extends GVRSceneObject implements
     public GVRViewSceneObject(GVRContext gvrContext, GVRView gvrView, GVRMesh mesh) {
         super(gvrContext, mesh);
 
-        gvrContext.registerDrawFrameListener(this);
         GVRTexture texture = new GVRExternalTexture(gvrContext);
 
         // TODO: Shader type maybe defined by some GVRView.getShaderType()
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public GVRViewSceneObject(GVRContext gvrContext, GVRView gvrView, GVRMesh mesh)
         mSurfaceTexture.setDefaultBufferSize(gvrView.getView().getWidth(),
                 gvrView.getView().getHeight());
 
+        gvrContext.registerDrawFrameListener(new GVRDrawFrameListenerImpl(gvrContext, mSurfaceTexture));
         gvrView.setSceneObject(this);
 
         gvrView.getView().postInvalidate();
@@ -91,11 +92,6 @@ public GVRViewSceneObject(GVRContext gvrContext, GVRView gvrView,
         this(gvrContext, gvrView, gvrContext.createQuad(width, height));
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void onDrawFrame(float frameTime) {
-        mSurfaceTexture.updateTexImage();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets a Android {@link Canvas} for drawing into this {@link GVRViewSceneObject Scene object}.
      * After drawing into the provided Android {@link Canvas}, the caller must invoke {@linkplain
@@ -116,4 +112,24 @@ public Canvas lockCanvas() {
     public void unlockCanvasAndPost(Canvas canvas) {
         mSurface.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);
     }
+
+    private static final class GVRDrawFrameListenerImpl implements GVRDrawFrameListener {
+        GVRDrawFrameListenerImpl(final GVRContext gvrContext, final SurfaceTexture surfaceTexture) {
+            mSurfaceTextureRef = new WeakReference<SurfaceTexture>(surfaceTexture);
+            mGvrContext = gvrContext;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onDrawFrame(float frameTime) {
+            final SurfaceTexture surfaceTexture = mSurfaceTextureRef.get();
+            if (null != surfaceTexture) {
+                surfaceTexture.updateTexImage();
+            } else {
+                mGvrContext.unregisterDrawFrameListener(this);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private final WeakReference<SurfaceTexture> mSurfaceTextureRef;
+        private final GVRContext mGvrContext;
+    }
 }