diff --git a/include/private/hwui/DrawGlInfo.h b/include/private/hwui/DrawGlInfo.h
index a357a01..f578513 100644
--- a/include/private/hwui/DrawGlInfo.h
+++ b/include/private/hwui/DrawGlInfo.h
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@
         kModeProcess,
         // Same as kModeProcess, however there is no GL context because it was
         // lost or destroyed
-        kModeProcessNoContext
+        kModeProcessNoContext,
+        // Invoked every time the UI thread pushes over a frame to the render thread
+        // *and the owning view has a dirty display list*. This is a signal to sync
+        // any data that needs to be shared between the UI thread and the render thread.
+        // During this time the UI thread is blocked.
+        kModeSync
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DisplayList.cpp b/libs/hwui/DisplayList.cpp
index e38b532..6461ee7 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DisplayList.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/DisplayList.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 DisplayListData::DisplayListData()
         : projectionReceiveIndex(-1)
-        , functorCount(0)
         , hasDrawOps(false) {
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
 
 void DisplayListData::cleanupResources() {
     Caches& caches = Caches::getInstance();
-    caches.unregisterFunctors(functorCount);
+    caches.unregisterFunctors(functors.size());
     caches.resourceCache.lock();
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < bitmapResources.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DisplayList.h b/libs/hwui/DisplayList.h
index bfffbb4..79a2f61 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DisplayList.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/DisplayList.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     SortedVector<const SkPath*> sourcePaths;
     Vector<const SkRegion*> regions;
     Vector<Layer*> layers;
-    uint32_t functorCount;
+    Vector<Functor*> functors;
     bool hasDrawOps;
 
     bool isEmpty() {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
index c7dc29b..5286ef8 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 status_t DisplayListRenderer::callDrawGLFunction(Functor *functor, Rect& dirty) {
     // Ignore dirty during recording, it matters only when we replay
     addDrawOp(new (alloc()) DrawFunctorOp(functor));
-    mDisplayListData->functorCount++;
+    mDisplayListData->functors.add(functor);
     return DrawGlInfo::kStatusDone; // No invalidate needed at record-time
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/RenderNode.cpp b/libs/hwui/RenderNode.cpp
index 3eb779f..32304dc 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/RenderNode.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/RenderNode.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     delete mStagingDisplayListData;
     mStagingDisplayListData = data;
     if (mStagingDisplayListData) {
-        Caches::getInstance().registerFunctors(mStagingDisplayListData->functorCount);
+        Caches::getInstance().registerFunctors(mStagingDisplayListData->functors.size());
     }
 }
 
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@
         deleteDisplayListData();
         mDisplayListData = mStagingDisplayListData;
         mStagingDisplayListData = NULL;
+        if (mDisplayListData) {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < mDisplayListData->functors.size(); i++) {
+                (*mDisplayListData->functors[i])(DrawGlInfo::kModeSync, NULL);
+            }
+        }
         damageSelf(info);
     }
 }
@@ -271,7 +276,7 @@
 void RenderNode::prepareSubTree(TreeInfo& info, DisplayListData* subtree) {
     if (subtree) {
         TextureCache& cache = Caches::getInstance().textureCache;
-        info.out.hasFunctors |= subtree->functorCount;
+        info.out.hasFunctors |= subtree->functors.size();
         // TODO: Fix ownedBitmapResources to not require disabling prepareTextures
         // and thus falling out of async drawing path.
         if (subtree->ownedBitmapResources.size()) {