diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViewsTest.mm b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViewsTest.mm
index 7b8d2a43c7..8d2269c141 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViewsTest.mm
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViewsTest.mm
@@ -4624,9 +4624,9 @@ fml::RefPtr<fml::TaskRunner> GetDefaultTaskRunner() {
   FlutterEngine* engine = [[FlutterEngine alloc] initWithName:@"foobar"];
   [engine run];
   XCTAssertTrue(engine.platformView != nullptr);
-  auto ios_context = engine.platformView->GetIosContext();
+  std::shared_ptr<flutter::IOSContext> ios_context = engine.platformView->GetIosContext();
 
-  auto pool = flutter::OverlayLayerPool{};
+  flutter::OverlayLayerPool pool;
 
   // Add layers to the pool.
   pool.CreateLayer(ios_context, MTLPixelFormatBGRA8Unorm, 1);
@@ -4644,6 +4644,26 @@ fml::RefPtr<fml::TaskRunner> GetDefaultTaskRunner() {
   XCTAssertEqual(pool.size(), 1u);
 }
 
+- (void)testLayerUpdateViewStateWithNilFlutterViewShouldNotCrash {
+  // Create an IOSContext.
+  FlutterEngine* engine = [[FlutterEngine alloc] initWithName:@"foobar"];
+  [engine run];
+  XCTAssertTrue(engine.platformView != nullptr);
+  std::shared_ptr<flutter::IOSContext> ios_context = engine.platformView->GetIosContext();
+
+  flutter::OverlayLayerPool pool;
+
+  // Add layers to the pool.
+  pool.CreateLayer(ios_context, MTLPixelFormatBGRA8Unorm, 1);
+  XCTAssertEqual(pool.size(), 1u);
+
+  std::shared_ptr<flutter::OverlayLayer> layer = pool.GetNextLayer();
+
+  layer->UpdateViewState(nil, SkRect::MakeXYWH(1, 2, 3, 4), 0, 0);
+  // Should not update the view state (e.g. overlay_view_wrapper's frame) when FlutterView is nil.
+  XCTAssertTrue(CGRectEqualToRect(layer->overlay_view_wrapper.frame, CGRectZero));
+}
+
 - (void)testFlutterPlatformViewControllerSubmitFramePreservingFrameDamage {
   flutter::FlutterPlatformViewsTestMockPlatformViewDelegate mock_delegate;
 
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/overlay_layer_pool.mm b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/overlay_layer_pool.mm
index 89b61ca357..8cd0e4f1f6 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/overlay_layer_pool.mm
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/overlay_layer_pool.mm
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ void OverlayLayer::UpdateViewState(UIView* flutter_view,
                                    SkRect rect,
                                    int64_t view_id,
                                    int64_t overlay_id) {
+  // There can be a race where UpdateViewState() is called when flutter_view is nil when app is
+  // backgrounded.
+  if (!flutter_view) {
+    return;
+  }
   auto screenScale = ((FlutterView*)flutter_view).screen.scale;
   // Set the size of the overlay view wrapper.
   // This wrapper view masks the overlay view.