diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterImageView.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterImageView.java
index 5bfa8c3df59b6..cdf8df7c8a62d 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterImageView.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterImageView.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.renderer.FlutterRenderer;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.renderer.RenderSurface;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.Queue;
 
 /**
  * Paints a Flutter UI provided by an {@link android.media.ImageReader} onto a {@link
@@ -41,7 +38,6 @@
 @TargetApi(19)
 public class FlutterImageView extends View implements RenderSurface {
   @NonNull private ImageReader imageReader;
-  @Nullable private Queue<Image> imageQueue;
   @Nullable private Image currentImage;
   @Nullable private Bitmap currentBitmap;
   @Nullable private FlutterRenderer flutterRenderer;
@@ -57,13 +53,6 @@ public enum SurfaceKind {
   /** The kind of surface. */
   private SurfaceKind kind;
 
-  /**
-   * The number of images acquired from the current {@link android.media.ImageReader} that are
-   * waiting to be painted. This counter is decreased after calling {@link
-   * android.media.Image#close()}.
-   */
-  private int pendingImages = 0;
-
   /** Whether the view is attached to the Flutter render. */
   private boolean isAttachedToFlutterRenderer = false;
 
@@ -89,7 +78,6 @@ public FlutterImageView(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull AttributeSet attrs) {
     super(context, null);
     this.imageReader = imageReader;
     this.kind = kind;
-    this.imageQueue = new LinkedList<>();
     init();
   }
 
@@ -155,22 +143,14 @@ public void detachFromRenderer() {
       return;
     }
     setAlpha(0.0f);
-    // Drop the lastest image as it shouldn't render this image if this view is
+    // Drop the latest image as it shouldn't render this image if this view is
     // attached to the renderer again.
     acquireLatestImage();
     // Clear drawings.
     currentBitmap = null;
 
-    // Close the images in the queue and clear the queue.
-    for (final Image image : imageQueue) {
-      image.close();
-    }
-    imageQueue.clear();
     // Close and clear the current image if any.
-    if (currentImage != null) {
-      currentImage.close();
-      currentImage = null;
-    }
+    closeCurrentImage();
     invalidate();
     isAttachedToFlutterRenderer = false;
   }
@@ -188,26 +168,22 @@ public boolean acquireLatestImage() {
     if (!isAttachedToFlutterRenderer) {
       return false;
     }
-    // There's no guarantee that the image will be closed before the next call to
-    // `acquireLatestImage()`. For example, the device may not produce new frames if
-    // it's in sleep mode, so the calls to `invalidate()` will be queued up
-    // until the device produces a new frame.
+    // 1. `acquireLatestImage()` may return null if no new image is available.
     //
-    // While the engine will also stop producing frames, there is a race condition.
+    // 2. There's no guarantee that the `onDraw()` called after `invalidate()`.
+    // For example, the device may not produce new frames if
+    // it's in sleep mode or some special Android devices so the calls to `invalidate()` will be queued up
+    // until the device produces a new frame.
     //
-    // To avoid exceptions, check if a new image can be acquired.
-    int imageOpenedCount = imageQueue.size();
-    if (currentImage != null) {
-      imageOpenedCount++;
-    }
-    if (imageOpenedCount < imageReader.getMaxImages()) {
-      final Image image = imageReader.acquireLatestImage();
-      if (image != null) {
-        imageQueue.add(image);
-      }
+    // 3. While the engine will also stop producing frames, there is a race condition.
+    final Image newImage = imageReader.acquireLatestImage();
+    if (newImage != null) {
+      // Only close current image after acquiring valid new image
+      closeCurrentImage();
+      currentImage = newImage;
+      invalidate();
     }
-    invalidate();
-    return !imageQueue.isEmpty();
+    return newImage != null;
   }
 
   /** Creates a new image reader with the provided size. */
@@ -218,25 +194,21 @@ public void resizeIfNeeded(int width, int height) {
     if (width == imageReader.getWidth() && height == imageReader.getHeight()) {
       return;
     }
-    imageQueue.clear();
-    currentImage = null;
+
+    // Close resources.
+    closeCurrentImage();
+
     // Close all the resources associated with the image reader,
     // including the images.
     imageReader.close();
     // Image readers cannot be resized once created.
     imageReader = createImageReader(width, height);
-    pendingImages = 0;
   }
 
   @Override
   protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
     super.onDraw(canvas);
-
-    if (!imageQueue.isEmpty()) {
-      if (currentImage != null) {
-        currentImage.close();
-      }
-      currentImage = imageQueue.poll();
+    if (currentImage != null) {
       updateCurrentBitmap();
     }
     if (currentBitmap != null) {
@@ -244,6 +216,14 @@ protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
     }
   }
 
+  private void closeCurrentImage() {
+    // Close and clear the current image if any.
+    if (currentImage != null) {
+      currentImage.close();
+      currentImage = null;
+    }
+  }
+
   @TargetApi(29)
   private void updateCurrentBitmap() {
     if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 29) {