diff --git a/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java b/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
index 869cd00..032ff7bc 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     
     static native int nCreateTextureLayer(boolean opaque, int[] layerInfo);
     static native int nCreateLayer(int width, int height, boolean isOpaque, int[] layerInfo);
-    static native void nResizeLayer(int layerId, int width, int height, int[] layerInfo);
+    static native boolean nResizeLayer(int layerId, int width, int height, int[] layerInfo);
     static native void nSetOpaqueLayer(int layerId, boolean isOpaque);
     static native void nSetLayerPaint(int layerId, int nativePaint);
     static native void nSetLayerColorFilter(int layerId, int nativeColorFilter);
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/GLES20RenderLayer.java b/core/java/android/view/GLES20RenderLayer.java
index a77425a..fcfc8e1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/GLES20RenderLayer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/GLES20RenderLayer.java
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    void resize(int width, int height) {
-        if (!isValid() || width <= 0 || height <= 0) return;
+    boolean resize(int width, int height) {
+        if (!isValid() || width <= 0 || height <= 0) return false;
 
         mWidth = width;
         mHeight = height;
@@ -63,11 +63,17 @@
         if (width != mLayerWidth || height != mLayerHeight) {
             int[] layerInfo = new int[2];
 
-            GLES20Canvas.nResizeLayer(mLayer, width, height, layerInfo);
-
-            mLayerWidth = layerInfo[0];
-            mLayerHeight = layerInfo[1];
+            if (GLES20Canvas.nResizeLayer(mLayer, width, height, layerInfo)) {
+                mLayerWidth = layerInfo[0];
+                mLayerHeight = layerInfo[1];
+            } else {
+                // Failure: not enough GPU resources for requested size
+                mLayer = 0;
+                mLayerWidth = 0;
+                mLayerHeight = 0;
+            }
         }
+        return isValid();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/GLES20TextureLayer.java b/core/java/android/view/GLES20TextureLayer.java
index e198ef6..b0ee2aa 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/GLES20TextureLayer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/GLES20TextureLayer.java
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    void resize(int width, int height) {
+    boolean resize(int width, int height) {
+        return isValid();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/HardwareLayer.java b/core/java/android/view/HardwareLayer.java
index 6e763b2..d798e73 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/HardwareLayer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/HardwareLayer.java
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@
      * 
      * @param width The new desired minimum width for this layer
      * @param height The new desired minimum height for this layer
+     * @return True if the resulting layer is valid, false otherwise
      */
-    abstract void resize(int width, int height);
+    abstract boolean resize(int width, int height);
 
     /**
      * Returns a hardware canvas that can be used to render onto
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/View.java b/core/java/android/view/View.java
index 03f9b72..d93c1be1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/View.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/View.java
@@ -12213,8 +12213,9 @@
                 mLocalDirtyRect.set(0, 0, width, height);
             } else {
                 if (mHardwareLayer.getWidth() != width || mHardwareLayer.getHeight() != height) {
-                    mHardwareLayer.resize(width, height);
-                    mLocalDirtyRect.set(0, 0, width, height);
+                    if (mHardwareLayer.resize(width, height)) {
+                        mLocalDirtyRect.set(0, 0, width, height);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 // This should not be necessary but applications that change
@@ -12225,7 +12226,7 @@
                 computeOpaqueFlags();
 
                 final boolean opaque = isOpaque();
-                if (mHardwareLayer.isOpaque() != opaque) {
+                if (mHardwareLayer.isValid() && mHardwareLayer.isOpaque() != opaque) {
                     mHardwareLayer.setOpaque(opaque);
                     mLocalDirtyRect.set(0, 0, width, height);
                 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java b/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
index d6a0203..27fd374 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
@@ -1402,6 +1402,7 @@
                                     mResizeBuffer.getHeight() != mHeight) {
                                 mResizeBuffer.resize(mWidth, mHeight);
                             }
+                            // TODO: should handle create/resize failure
                             layerCanvas = mResizeBuffer.start(hwRendererCanvas);
                             layerCanvas.setViewport(mWidth, mHeight);
                             layerCanvas.onPreDraw(null);
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
index 7dbf9ec..2ff886e 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
@@ -766,14 +766,16 @@
     return layer;
 }
 
-static void android_view_GLES20Canvas_resizeLayer(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz,
+static bool android_view_GLES20Canvas_resizeLayer(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz,
         Layer* layer, jint width, jint height, jintArray layerInfo) {
-    LayerRenderer::resizeLayer(layer, width, height);
-
-    jint* storage = env->GetIntArrayElements(layerInfo, NULL);
-    storage[0] = layer->getWidth();
-    storage[1] = layer->getHeight();
-    env->ReleaseIntArrayElements(layerInfo, storage, 0);
+    if (LayerRenderer::resizeLayer(layer, width, height)) {
+        jint* storage = env->GetIntArrayElements(layerInfo, NULL);
+        storage[0] = layer->getWidth();
+        storage[1] = layer->getHeight();
+        env->ReleaseIntArrayElements(layerInfo, storage, 0);
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
 }
 
 static void android_view_GLES20Canvas_setLayerPaint(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz,
@@ -992,7 +994,7 @@
 
     { "nCreateLayerRenderer",    "(I)I",       (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_createLayerRenderer },
     { "nCreateLayer",            "(IIZ[I)I",   (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_createLayer },
-    { "nResizeLayer",            "(III[I)V" ,  (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_resizeLayer },
+    { "nResizeLayer",            "(III[I)Z" ,  (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_resizeLayer },
     { "nSetLayerPaint",          "(II)V",      (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_setLayerPaint },
     { "nSetLayerColorFilter",    "(II)V",      (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_setLayerColorFilter },
     { "nSetOpaqueLayer",         "(IZ)V",      (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_setOpaqueLayer },
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
index c3444e6..cc72df6 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@
         caches.resourceCache.decrementRefcountLocked(mSourcePaths.itemAt(i));
     }
 
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < mLayers.size(); i++) {
+        caches.resourceCache.decrementRefcountLocked(mLayers.itemAt(i));
+    }
+
     caches.resourceCache.unlock();
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < mPaints.size(); i++) {
@@ -206,6 +210,7 @@
     mPaints.clear();
     mPaths.clear();
     mMatrices.clear();
+    mLayers.clear();
 }
 
 void DisplayList::initFromDisplayListRenderer(const DisplayListRenderer& recorder, bool reusing) {
@@ -264,6 +269,12 @@
         caches.resourceCache.incrementRefcountLocked(sourcePaths.itemAt(i));
     }
 
+    const Vector<Layer*>& layers = recorder.getLayers();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < layers.size(); i++) {
+        mLayers.add(layers.itemAt(i));
+        caches.resourceCache.incrementRefcountLocked(layers.itemAt(i));
+    }
+
     caches.resourceCache.unlock();
 
     const Vector<SkPaint*>& paints = recorder.getPaints();
@@ -1361,6 +1372,10 @@
         mCaches.resourceCache.decrementRefcountLocked(mSourcePaths.itemAt(i));
     }
 
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < mLayers.size(); i++) {
+        mCaches.resourceCache.decrementRefcountLocked(mLayers.itemAt(i));
+    }
+
     mCaches.resourceCache.unlock();
 
     mBitmapResources.clear();
@@ -1379,6 +1394,8 @@
 
     mMatrices.clear();
 
+    mLayers.clear();
+
     mHasDrawOps = false;
 }
 
@@ -1539,7 +1556,7 @@
 
 status_t DisplayListRenderer::drawLayer(Layer* layer, float x, float y, SkPaint* paint) {
     addOp(DisplayList::DrawLayer);
-    addInt((int) layer);
+    addLayer(layer);
     addPoint(x, y);
     addPaint(paint);
     return DrawGlInfo::kStatusDone;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.h b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.h
index 8e4f2d3..a0b1630 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.h
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@
     SortedVector<SkPath*> mSourcePaths;
     Vector<SkMatrix*> mMatrices;
     Vector<SkiaShader*> mShaders;
+    Vector<Layer*> mLayers;
 
     mutable SkFlattenableReadBuffer mReader;
 
@@ -652,6 +653,10 @@
         return mSourcePaths;
     }
 
+    const Vector<Layer*>& getLayers() const {
+        return mLayers;
+    }
+
     const Vector<SkMatrix*>& getMatrices() const {
         return mMatrices;
     }
@@ -804,6 +809,12 @@
         mMatrices.add(copy);
     }
 
+    inline void addLayer(Layer* layer) {
+        addInt((int) layer);
+        mLayers.add(layer);
+        mCaches.resourceCache.incrementRefcount(layer);
+    }
+
     inline void addBitmap(SkBitmap* bitmap) {
         // Note that this assumes the bitmap is immutable. There are cases this won't handle
         // correctly, such as creating the bitmap from scratch, drawing with it, changing its
@@ -862,6 +873,8 @@
 
     Vector<SkMatrix*> mMatrices;
 
+    Vector<Layer*> mLayers;
+
     uint32_t mBufferSize;
 
     int mRestoreSaveCount;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Layer.cpp b/libs/hwui/Layer.cpp
index 31e169b..76b274b 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Layer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/Layer.cpp
@@ -25,10 +25,29 @@
 namespace android {
 namespace uirenderer {
 
+Layer::Layer(const uint32_t layerWidth, const uint32_t layerHeight) {
+    mesh = NULL;
+    meshIndices = NULL;
+    meshElementCount = 0;
+    cacheable = true;
+    textureLayer = false;
+    renderTarget = GL_TEXTURE_2D;
+    texture.width = layerWidth;
+    texture.height = layerHeight;
+    colorFilter = NULL;
+    deferredUpdateScheduled = false;
+    renderer = NULL;
+    displayList = NULL;
+    fbo = 0;
+    Caches::getInstance().resourceCache.incrementRefcount(this);
+}
+
 Layer::~Layer() {
     if (mesh) delete mesh;
     if (meshIndices) delete meshIndices;
     if (colorFilter) Caches::getInstance().resourceCache.decrementRefcount(colorFilter);
+    if (fbo) Caches::getInstance().fboCache.put(fbo);
+    deleteTexture();
 }
 
 void Layer::setPaint(SkPaint* paint) {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Layer.h b/libs/hwui/Layer.h
index 76da671..420073a 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Layer.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/Layer.h
@@ -46,21 +46,7 @@
  */
 struct Layer {
 
-    Layer(const uint32_t layerWidth, const uint32_t layerHeight) {
-        mesh = NULL;
-        meshIndices = NULL;
-        meshElementCount = 0;
-        cacheable = true;
-        textureLayer = false;
-        renderTarget = GL_TEXTURE_2D;
-        texture.width = layerWidth;
-        texture.height = layerHeight;
-        colorFilter = NULL;
-        deferredUpdateScheduled = false;
-        renderer = NULL;
-        displayList = NULL;
-    }
-
+    Layer(const uint32_t layerWidth, const uint32_t layerHeight);
     ~Layer();
 
     /**
diff --git a/libs/hwui/LayerCache.cpp b/libs/hwui/LayerCache.cpp
index eea707e..ce74cee 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/LayerCache.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/LayerCache.cpp
@@ -69,15 +69,10 @@
 
 void LayerCache::deleteLayer(Layer* layer) {
     if (layer) {
-        GLuint fbo = layer->getFbo();
-        LAYER_LOGD("Destroying layer %dx%d, fbo %d", layer->getWidth(), layer->getHeight(), fbo);
-
+        LAYER_LOGD("Destroying layer %dx%d, fbo %d", layer->getWidth(), layer->getHeight(),
+                layer->getFbo());
         mSize -= layer->getWidth() * layer->getHeight() * 4;
-
-        if (fbo) Caches::getInstance().fboCache.put(fbo);
-        layer->deleteTexture();
-
-        delete layer;
+        Caches::getInstance().resourceCache.decrementRefcount(layer);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/LayerRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/LayerRenderer.cpp
index 02af5e2..b57d806 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/LayerRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/LayerRenderer.cpp
@@ -211,10 +211,8 @@
                     fbo, width, height);
 
             glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, previousFbo);
-            caches.fboCache.put(fbo);
 
-            layer->deleteTexture();
-            delete layer;
+            Caches::getInstance().resourceCache.decrementRefcount(layer);
 
             return NULL;
         }
@@ -240,8 +238,7 @@
             layer->texCoords.set(0.0f, height / float(layer->getHeight()),
                     width / float(layer->getWidth()), 0.0f);
         } else {
-            layer->deleteTexture();
-            delete layer;
+            Caches::getInstance().resourceCache.decrementRefcount(layer);
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -303,8 +300,7 @@
 
         if (!Caches::getInstance().layerCache.put(layer)) {
             LAYER_RENDERER_LOGD("  Destroyed!");
-            layer->deleteTexture();
-            delete layer;
+            Caches::getInstance().resourceCache.decrementRefcount(layer);
         } else {
             LAYER_RENDERER_LOGD("  Cached!");
 #if DEBUG_LAYER_RENDERER
diff --git a/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
index 02448e8..4aefcba 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
@@ -643,10 +643,8 @@
         ALOGE("Framebuffer incomplete (GL error code 0x%x)", status);
 
         glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, previousFbo);
-        layer->deleteTexture();
-        mCaches.fboCache.put(layer->getFbo());
 
-        delete layer;
+        Caches::getInstance().resourceCache.decrementRefcount(layer);
 
         return false;
     }
@@ -732,8 +730,7 @@
     // Failing to add the layer to the cache should happen only if the layer is too large
     if (!mCaches.layerCache.put(layer)) {
         LAYER_LOGD("Deleting layer");
-        layer->deleteTexture();
-        delete layer;
+        Caches::getInstance().resourceCache.decrementRefcount(layer);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/ResourceCache.cpp b/libs/hwui/ResourceCache.cpp
index b0c57d1..1c83ea4 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/ResourceCache.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/ResourceCache.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
     incrementRefcount((void*) filterResource, kColorFilter);
 }
 
+void ResourceCache::incrementRefcount(Layer* layerResource) {
+    incrementRefcount((void*) layerResource, kLayer);
+}
+
 void ResourceCache::incrementRefcountLocked(void* resource, ResourceType resourceType) {
     ssize_t index = mCache->indexOfKey(resource);
     ResourceReference* ref = index >= 0 ? mCache->valueAt(index) : NULL;
@@ -109,6 +113,10 @@
     incrementRefcountLocked((void*) filterResource, kColorFilter);
 }
 
+void ResourceCache::incrementRefcountLocked(Layer* layerResource) {
+    incrementRefcountLocked((void*) layerResource, kLayer);
+}
+
 void ResourceCache::decrementRefcount(void* resource) {
     Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
     decrementRefcountLocked(resource);
@@ -134,6 +142,10 @@
     decrementRefcount((void*) filterResource);
 }
 
+void ResourceCache::decrementRefcount(Layer* layerResource) {
+    decrementRefcount((void*) layerResource);
+}
+
 void ResourceCache::decrementRefcountLocked(void* resource) {
     ssize_t index = mCache->indexOfKey(resource);
     ResourceReference* ref = index >= 0 ? mCache->valueAt(index) : NULL;
@@ -167,6 +179,10 @@
     decrementRefcountLocked((void*) filterResource);
 }
 
+void ResourceCache::decrementRefcountLocked(Layer* layerResource) {
+    decrementRefcountLocked((void*) layerResource);
+}
+
 void ResourceCache::destructor(SkPath* resource) {
     Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
     destructorLocked(resource);
@@ -280,7 +296,7 @@
     if (ref->recycled && ref->resourceType == kBitmap) {
         ((SkBitmap*) resource)->setPixels(NULL, NULL);
     }
-    if (ref->destroyed) {
+    if (ref->destroyed || ref->resourceType == kLayer) {
         switch (ref->resourceType) {
             case kBitmap: {
                 SkBitmap* bitmap = (SkBitmap*) resource;
@@ -308,6 +324,11 @@
                 delete filter;
             }
             break;
+            case kLayer: {
+                Layer* layer = (Layer*) resource;
+                delete layer;
+            }
+            break;
         }
     }
     mCache->removeItem(resource);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/ResourceCache.h b/libs/hwui/ResourceCache.h
index 60ffa7d..2053d96 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/ResourceCache.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/ResourceCache.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <SkiaColorFilter.h>
 #include <SkiaShader.h>
 #include <utils/KeyedVector.h>
+#include "Layer.h"
 
 namespace android {
 namespace uirenderer {
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     kShader,
     kColorFilter,
     kPath,
+    kLayer
 };
 
 class ResourceReference {
@@ -67,21 +69,25 @@
     void incrementRefcount(SkBitmap* resource);
     void incrementRefcount(SkiaShader* resource);
     void incrementRefcount(SkiaColorFilter* resource);
+    void incrementRefcount(Layer* resource);
 
     void incrementRefcountLocked(SkPath* resource);
     void incrementRefcountLocked(SkBitmap* resource);
     void incrementRefcountLocked(SkiaShader* resource);
     void incrementRefcountLocked(SkiaColorFilter* resource);
+    void incrementRefcountLocked(Layer* resource);
 
     void decrementRefcount(SkBitmap* resource);
     void decrementRefcount(SkPath* resource);
     void decrementRefcount(SkiaShader* resource);
     void decrementRefcount(SkiaColorFilter* resource);
+    void decrementRefcount(Layer* resource);
 
     void decrementRefcountLocked(SkBitmap* resource);
     void decrementRefcountLocked(SkPath* resource);
     void decrementRefcountLocked(SkiaShader* resource);
     void decrementRefcountLocked(SkiaColorFilter* resource);
+    void decrementRefcountLocked(Layer* resource);
 
     void destructor(SkPath* resource);
     void destructor(SkBitmap* resource);