diff --git a/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc b/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
index 8ecba33be57f4..0fc9af5c59b51 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
@@ -30,31 +30,28 @@ namespace flutter {
 
 AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl::AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl(
     std::shared_ptr<AndroidContext> context,
-    std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade) {
-  android_context_ = context;
-  jni_facade_ = jni_facade;
-}
+    std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade,
+    std::weak_ptr<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder> external_view_embedder)
+    : android_context_(context), jni_facade_(jni_facade),
+      external_view_embedder_(external_view_embedder) {}
 
 AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl::~AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl() = default;
 
-void AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl::SetExternalViewEmbedder(
-    std::shared_ptr<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder> external_view_embedder) {
-  external_view_embedder_ = external_view_embedder;
-}
-
 std::unique_ptr<AndroidSurface> AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl::CreateSurface() {
-  FML_CHECK(external_view_embedder_);
+  std::shared_ptr<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder> external_view_embedder =
+      external_view_embedder_.lock();
+  FML_CHECK(external_view_embedder);
   switch (android_context_->RenderingApi()) {
     case AndroidRenderingAPI::kSoftware:
       return std::make_unique<AndroidSurfaceSoftware>(
-          android_context_, jni_facade_, external_view_embedder_);
+          android_context_, jni_facade_, external_view_embedder);
     case AndroidRenderingAPI::kOpenGLES:
       return std::make_unique<AndroidSurfaceGL>(android_context_, jni_facade_,
-                                                external_view_embedder_);
+                                                external_view_embedder);
     case AndroidRenderingAPI::kVulkan:
 #if SHELL_ENABLE_VULKAN
       return std::make_unique<AndroidSurfaceVulkan>(
-          android_context_, jni_facade_, external_view_embedder_);
+          android_context_, jni_facade_, external_view_embedder);
 #endif  // SHELL_ENABLE_VULKAN
     default:
       return nullptr;
@@ -87,11 +84,12 @@ PlatformViewAndroid::PlatformViewAndroid(
   FML_CHECK(android_context && android_context->IsValid())
       << "Could not create an Android context.";
 
+  external_view_embedder_ =
+    std::make_shared<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder>(android_context, jni_facade,
+                                                  surface_factory_);
   surface_factory_ =
-      std::make_shared<AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl>(android_context, jni_facade);
-  surface_factory_->SetExternalViewEmbedder(
-      std::make_shared<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder>(android_context, jni_facade,
-                                                    surface_factory_));
+      std::make_shared<AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl>(android_context, jni_facade,
+                                                  external_view_embedder_);
 
   android_surface_ = surface_factory_->CreateSurface();
   FML_CHECK(android_surface_ && android_surface_->IsValid())
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.h b/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.h
index 317784c729a96..2ae51464df3c2 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.h
+++ b/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.h
@@ -25,20 +25,17 @@ namespace flutter {
 class AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl : public AndroidSurfaceFactory {
  public:
   AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl(std::shared_ptr<AndroidContext> context,
-                            std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade);
+                            std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade,
+                            std::weak_ptr<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder> external_view_embedder);
 
   ~AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl() override;
 
   std::unique_ptr<AndroidSurface> CreateSurface() override;
 
-  void SetExternalViewEmbedder(
-      std::shared_ptr<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder> external_view_embedder);
-
  private:
   std::shared_ptr<AndroidContext> android_context_;
   std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade_;
-  std::shared_ptr<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder> external_view_embedder_;
-
+  std::weak_ptr<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder> external_view_embedder_;
 };
 
 class PlatformViewAndroid final : public PlatformView {
@@ -99,6 +96,7 @@ class PlatformViewAndroid final : public PlatformView {
 
  private:
   const std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade_;
+  std::shared_ptr<AndroidExternalViewEmbedder> external_view_embedder_;
   std::shared_ptr<AndroidSurfaceFactoryImpl> surface_factory_;
 
   PlatformViewAndroidDelegate platform_view_android_delegate_;