diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/Game.java b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/Game.java
index c40d8f47..485f6cb5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/Game.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/Game.java
@@ -971,6 +971,14 @@ public class Game extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback,
     @Override
     public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
         if (connected) {
+            // HACK: Android is supposed to let you return from this function
+            // before throwing a fit if you access the surface again. Unfortunately,
+            // MediaCodec often tries to access the destroyed surface and triggers
+            // an IllegalStateException. To workaround this, we will invoke
+            // the DecoderRenderer's stop function ourselves, so it will hopefully
+            // happen early enough to not trigger the bug
+            decoderRenderer.stop();
+
             stopConnection();
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecDecoderRenderer.java b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecDecoderRenderer.java
index c2dfab45..b38b24c8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecDecoderRenderer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecDecoderRenderer.java
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ public class MediaCodecDecoderRenderer extends EnhancedDecoderRenderer {
             } catch (InterruptedException ignored) { }
         }
 
-        // Stop the decoder
-        videoDecoder.stop();
+        // We could stop the decoder here, but it seems to cause some problems
+        // so we'll just let release take care of it.
     }
 
     @Override