diff --git a/SlideOverKit.Droid/MenuContainerPageDroidRenderer.cs b/SlideOverKit.Droid/MenuContainerPageDroidRenderer.cs
index 928c901..cc02b4f 100644
--- a/SlideOverKit.Droid/MenuContainerPageDroidRenderer.cs
+++ b/SlideOverKit.Droid/MenuContainerPageDroidRenderer.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ public class MenuContainerPageDroidRenderer  : PageRenderer, ISlideOverKitPageRe
 
         public Action<bool, int,int,int,int> OnLayoutEvent { get; set; }
 
-        public Action<int,int,int,int> OnSizeChangedEvent { get; set; }
+        public Action<int,int,int,int> OnSizeChangedEvent { get; set; }
+
+        public bool IsDisposed { get; private set; }
 
         public MenuContainerPageDroidRenderer ()
         {
@@ -41,6 +43,12 @@ protected override void OnSizeChanged (int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh)
             if (OnSizeChangedEvent != null)
                 OnSizeChangedEvent (w, h, oldw, oldh);
         }
+
+        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            IsDisposed = true;
+            base.Dispose(disposing);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/SlideOverKit.Droid/SlideOverKitDroidHandler.cs b/SlideOverKit.Droid/SlideOverKitDroidHandler.cs
index 7818188..90a1b03 100644
--- a/SlideOverKit.Droid/SlideOverKitDroidHandler.cs
+++ b/SlideOverKit.Droid/SlideOverKitDroidHandler.cs
@@ -202,8 +202,10 @@ Rect LayoutPopup ()
 
         void HideBackgroundOverlay ()
         {
-            if (_backgroundOverlay != null) {
-                _pageRenderer.RemoveView (_backgroundOverlay);
+            if (_backgroundOverlay != null) {
+                var renderer = _pageRenderer as MenuContainerPageDroidRenderer;
+                if (renderer == null || !renderer.IsDisposed)
+                    _pageRenderer.RemoveView(_backgroundOverlay);
                 _backgroundOverlay.Dispose ();
                 _backgroundOverlay = null;
             }