diff --git a/packages/video_player/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
index ca3a82880b10..8d69d9827c3c 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.10.2+3
+
+* iOS: Fix an issue where video_player plugin can cause a crash on iPhone X running iOS 12 when disposing the video controller.
+
 ## 0.10.2+2
 
 * Update and migrate iOS example project.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/ios/Classes/VideoPlayerPlugin.m b/packages/video_player/ios/Classes/VideoPlayerPlugin.m
index bf449ec0e8e2..c15106f3a702 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/ios/Classes/VideoPlayerPlugin.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/ios/Classes/VideoPlayerPlugin.m
@@ -483,11 +483,21 @@ - (void)handleMethodCall:(FlutterMethodCall*)call result:(FlutterResult)result {
   } else {
     NSDictionary* argsMap = call.arguments;
     int64_t textureId = ((NSNumber*)argsMap[@"textureId"]).unsignedIntegerValue;
-    FLTVideoPlayer* player = _players[@(textureId)];
+    __block FLTVideoPlayer* player = _players[@(textureId)];
     if ([@"dispose" isEqualToString:call.method]) {
       [_registry unregisterTexture:textureId];
       [_players removeObjectForKey:@(textureId)];
       [player dispose];
+
+      // TODO: remove the line below when the race condition is resolved:
+      // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/41125
+      // Hang on to the player for a second to give time for the texture to grab the last buffer
+      // This can happen if the display link just notified that a frame was ready before this dispose gets called
+      // In this case, even though we unregister the texture id, the gpu thread has been scheduled to grab the buffer
+      // and if the player is deallocated, we'll crash
+      dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(1 * NSEC_PER_SEC)), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+          player = nil;
+      });
       result(nil);
     } else if ([@"setLooping" isEqualToString:call.method]) {
       [player setIsLooping:[argsMap[@"looping"] boolValue]];
diff --git a/packages/video_player/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/pubspec.yaml
index ee47cd813add..4c32a11a851a 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player
 description: Flutter plugin for displaying inline video with other Flutter
   widgets on Android and iOS.
 author: Flutter Team <flutter-dev@googlegroups.com>
-version: 0.10.2+2
+version: 0.10.2+3
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/video_player
 
 flutter: