diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/BUILD.gn b/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/BUILD.gn
index fd02dab359..8c0dbded34 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/BUILD.gn
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/BUILD.gn
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ source_set("ui") {
     "painting/rrect.h",
     "painting/shader.cc",
     "painting/shader.h",
+    "painting/utils.cc",
     "painting/utils.h",
     "painting/vertices.cc",
     "painting/vertices.h",
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/utils.cc b/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/utils.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6ee205fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/utils.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Chromium 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/common/threads.h"
+#include "flutter/lib/ui/painting/utils.h"
+
+namespace blink {
+
+namespace {
+
+constexpr ftl::TimeDelta kDrainDelay = ftl::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(250);
+
+}  // anonymous namespace
+
+SkiaUnrefQueue::SkiaUnrefQueue()
+    : drain_pending_(false) {}
+
+SkiaUnrefQueue SkiaUnrefQueue::instance_;
+
+SkiaUnrefQueue& SkiaUnrefQueue::Get() {
+  return instance_;
+}
+
+void SkiaUnrefQueue::Unref(SkRefCnt* object) {
+  ftl::MutexLocker lock(&mutex_);
+  objects_.push_back(object);
+  if (!drain_pending_) {
+    drain_pending_ = true;
+    Threads::IO()->PostDelayedTask([this] { Drain(); },
+                                   kDrainDelay);
+  }
+}
+
+void SkiaUnrefQueue::Drain() {
+  std::deque<SkRefCnt*> skia_objects;
+  {
+    ftl::MutexLocker lock(&mutex_);
+    objects_.swap(skia_objects);
+    drain_pending_ = false;
+  }
+
+  for (SkRefCnt* skia_object : skia_objects) {
+    skia_object->unref();
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace blink
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/utils.h b/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/utils.h
index ed194ca82c..eedd9f929f 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/utils.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/utils.h
@@ -2,15 +2,35 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#include "flutter/common/threads.h"
+#include "lib/ftl/synchronization/mutex.h"
 #include "third_party/skia/include/core/SkRefCnt.h"
 
+#include <queue>
+
 namespace blink {
 
+// A queue that holds Skia objects that must be destructed on the IO thread.
+class SkiaUnrefQueue {
+ public:
+  static SkiaUnrefQueue& Get();
+
+  void Unref(SkRefCnt* object);
+
+ private:
+  SkiaUnrefQueue();
+  void Drain();
+
+  static SkiaUnrefQueue instance_;
+
+  ftl::Mutex mutex_;
+  std::deque<SkRefCnt*> objects_ FTL_GUARDED_BY(mutex_);
+  bool drain_pending_ FTL_GUARDED_BY(mutex_);
+};
+
 template <typename T> void SkiaUnrefOnIOThread(sk_sp<T>* sp) {
   T* object = sp->release();
   if (object) {
-    Threads::IO()->PostTask([object]() { object->unref(); });
+    SkiaUnrefQueue::Get().Unref(object);
   }
 }