diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine.mm
index aeb36b9ccabff..ad7cfc263ee5d 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine.mm
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ - (void)dispatchPointerDataPacket:(std::unique_ptr<flutter::PointerDataPacket>)p
   return _shell->GetTaskRunners().GetPlatformTaskRunner();
 }
 
+- (fml::RefPtr<fml::TaskRunner>)GPUTaskRunner {
+  FML_DCHECK(_shell);
+  return _shell->GetTaskRunners().GetGPUTaskRunner();
+}
+
 - (void)ensureSemanticsEnabled {
   self.iosPlatformView->SetSemanticsEnabled(true);
 }
diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine_Internal.h b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine_Internal.h
index 4994814d84415..868d2176a309b 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine_Internal.h
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine_Internal.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 - (void)dispatchPointerDataPacket:(std::unique_ptr<flutter::PointerDataPacket>)packet;
 
 - (fml::RefPtr<fml::TaskRunner>)platformTaskRunner;
+- (fml::RefPtr<fml::TaskRunner>)GPUTaskRunner;
 
 - (fml::WeakPtr<flutter::PlatformView>)platformView;
 
diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
index 74f604d69fa1b..2457cecad9960 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
@@ -308,27 +308,27 @@ - (void)removeSplashScreenView:(dispatch_block_t _Nullable)onComplete {
 }
 
 - (void)installFirstFrameCallback {
-  auto weak_platform_view = [_engine.get() platformView];
-  if (!weak_platform_view) {
+  fml::WeakPtr<flutter::PlatformViewIOS> weakPlatformView = [_engine.get() platformView];
+  if (!weakPlatformView) {
     return;
   }
-  __unsafe_unretained auto weak_flutter_view_controller = self;
-  // This is on the platform thread.
-  weak_platform_view->SetNextFrameCallback([weak_platform_view, weak_flutter_view_controller,
-                                            task_runner = [_engine.get() platformTaskRunner]]() {
-    // This is on the GPU thread.
-    task_runner->PostTask([weak_platform_view, weak_flutter_view_controller]() {
-      // We check if the weak platform view is alive. If it is alive, then the view controller
-      // also has to be alive since the view controller owns the platform view via the shell
-      // association. Thus, we are not convinced that the unsafe unretained weak object is in
-      // fact alive.
-      if (weak_platform_view) {
-        if (weak_flutter_view_controller->_splashScreenView) {
-          [weak_flutter_view_controller removeSplashScreenView:^{
-            [weak_flutter_view_controller callViewRenderedCallback];
+
+  // Start on the platform thread.
+  weakPlatformView->SetNextFrameCallback([weakSelf = [self getWeakPtr],
+                                          platformTaskRunner = [_engine.get() platformTaskRunner],
+                                          gpuTaskRunner = [_engine.get() GPUTaskRunner]]() {
+    FML_DCHECK(gpuTaskRunner->RunsTasksOnCurrentThread());
+    // Get callback on GPU thread and jump back to platform thread.
+    platformTaskRunner->PostTask([weakSelf]() {
+      fml::scoped_nsobject<FlutterViewController> flutterViewController(
+          [(FlutterViewController*)weakSelf.get() retain]);
+      if (flutterViewController) {
+        if (flutterViewController.get()->_splashScreenView) {
+          [flutterViewController removeSplashScreenView:^{
+            [flutterViewController callViewRenderedCallback];
           }];
         } else {
-          [weak_flutter_view_controller callViewRenderedCallback];
+          [flutterViewController callViewRenderedCallback];
         }
       }
     });