diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
index a1107f0..15ccd6a 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
@@ -563,7 +563,10 @@
 void* RenderProxy::postAndWait(MethodInvokeRenderTask* task) {
     void* retval;
     task->setReturnPtr(&retval);
-    mRenderThread.queueAndWait(task);
+    SignalingRenderTask syncTask(task, &mSyncMutex, &mSyncCondition);
+    AutoMutex _lock(mSyncMutex);
+    mRenderThread.queue(&syncTask);
+    mSyncCondition.wait(mSyncMutex);
     return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
index d0e601e..338fab6 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@
 
     DrawFrameTask mDrawFrameTask;
 
+    Mutex mSyncMutex;
+    Condition mSyncCondition;
+
     void destroyContext();
 
     void post(RenderTask* task);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
index 526a848..9fb30c9 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposer.h>
 #include <gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <utils/Condition.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <utils/Mutex.h>
 
 namespace android {
 namespace uirenderer {
@@ -325,10 +327,16 @@
 }
 
 void RenderThread::queueAndWait(RenderTask* task) {
-    SignalingRenderTask syncTask(task, &mSyncMutex, &mSyncCondition);
-    AutoMutex _lock(mSyncMutex);
+    // These need to be local to the thread to avoid the Condition
+    // signaling the wrong thread. The easiest way to achieve that is to just
+    // make this on the stack, although that has a slight cost to it
+    Mutex mutex;
+    Condition condition;
+    SignalingRenderTask syncTask(task, &mutex, &condition);
+
+    AutoMutex _lock(mutex);
     queue(&syncTask);
-    mSyncCondition.wait(mSyncMutex);
+    condition.wait(mutex);
 }
 
 void RenderThread::queueAtFront(RenderTask* task) {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.h
index d8c7e61..076e3d4 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.h
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
 #include <utils/Looper.h>
 #include <utils/Thread.h>
 
-#include <condition_variable>
 #include <memory>
-#include <mutex>
 #include <set>
 
 namespace android {
@@ -127,8 +125,6 @@
 
     nsecs_t mNextWakeup;
     TaskQueue mQueue;
-    Mutex mSyncMutex;
-    Condition mSyncCondition;
 
     DisplayInfo mDisplayInfo;