diff --git a/compose/ui/ui/src/iosMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/window/MetalRedrawer.ios.kt b/compose/ui/ui/src/iosMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/window/MetalRedrawer.ios.kt
index ad73f6ebf05b1..1547468c7e75f 100644
--- a/compose/ui/ui/src/iosMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/window/MetalRedrawer.ios.kt
+++ b/compose/ui/ui/src/iosMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/window/MetalRedrawer.ios.kt
@@ -278,6 +278,14 @@ internal class MetalRedrawer(
         caDisplayLink?.invalidate()
         caDisplayLink = null
 
+        // Wait until all scheduled rendering tasks are completed to eliminate race conditions
+        // when clearing the resources
+        if (useSeparateRenderThreadWhenPossible) {
+            trace("MetalRedrawer:dispose:waitForAsyncRenderingTasks") {
+                dispatch_sync(renderingDispatchQueue) {}
+            }
+        }
+
         pictureRecorder.close()
         context.close()
     }
@@ -431,6 +439,9 @@ internal class MetalRedrawer(
                     picture.close()
                     surface.flushAndSubmit()
 
+                    surface.close()
+                    renderTarget.close()
+
                     if (useSeparateRenderThreadWhenPossible) {
                         dispatch_semaphore_signal(drawCanvasSemaphore)
                     }
@@ -470,9 +481,6 @@ internal class MetalRedrawer(
                         }
                     }
 
-                    surface.close()
-                    renderTarget.close()
-
                     // Track current inflight command buffers to synchronously wait for their schedule in case app goes background
                     inflightCommandBuffers.add(commandBuffer)