diff --git a/binding/Binding/SKImage.cs b/binding/Binding/SKImage.cs
index cbf32fc9fc..262ba9831e 100644
--- a/binding/Binding/SKImage.cs
+++ b/binding/Binding/SKImage.cs
@@ -569,7 +569,9 @@ public bool ReadPixels (SKImageInfo dstInfo, IntPtr dstPixels, int dstRowBytes,
 		public bool ReadPixels (SKImageInfo dstInfo, IntPtr dstPixels, int dstRowBytes, int srcX, int srcY, SKImageCachingHint cachingHint)
 		{
 			var cinfo = SKImageInfoNative.FromManaged (ref dstInfo);
-			return SkiaApi.sk_image_read_pixels (Handle, &cinfo, (void*)dstPixels, (IntPtr)dstRowBytes, srcX, srcY, cachingHint);
+			var result = SkiaApi.sk_image_read_pixels (Handle, &cinfo, (void*)dstPixels, (IntPtr)dstRowBytes, srcX, srcY, cachingHint);
+			GC.KeepAlive (this);
+			return result;
 		}
 
 		public bool ReadPixels (SKPixmap pixmap) =>
@@ -583,7 +585,9 @@ public bool ReadPixels (SKPixmap pixmap, int srcX, int srcY, SKImageCachingHint
 			if (pixmap == null)
 				throw new ArgumentNullException (nameof (pixmap));
 
-			return SkiaApi.sk_image_read_pixels_into_pixmap (Handle, pixmap.Handle, srcX, srcY, cachingHint);
+			var result = SkiaApi.sk_image_read_pixels_into_pixmap (Handle, pixmap.Handle, srcX, srcY, cachingHint);
+			GC.KeepAlive (this);
+			return result;
 		}
 
 		// ScalePixels
diff --git a/binding/Binding/SKSurface.cs b/binding/Binding/SKSurface.cs
index 9065a3452d..3adc84f005 100644
--- a/binding/Binding/SKSurface.cs
+++ b/binding/Binding/SKSurface.cs
@@ -346,7 +346,9 @@ public bool PeekPixels (SKPixmap pixmap)
 		public bool ReadPixels (SKImageInfo dstInfo, IntPtr dstPixels, int dstRowBytes, int srcX, int srcY)
 		{
 			var cinfo = SKImageInfoNative.FromManaged (ref dstInfo);
-			return SkiaApi.sk_surface_read_pixels (Handle, &cinfo, (void*)dstPixels, (IntPtr)dstRowBytes, srcX, srcY);
+			var result = SkiaApi.sk_surface_read_pixels (Handle, &cinfo, (void*)dstPixels, (IntPtr)dstRowBytes, srcX, srcY);
+			GC.KeepAlive (this);
+			return result;
 		}
 
 		internal static SKSurface GetObject (IntPtr handle) =>
diff --git a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Android/AndroidExtensions.cs b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Android/AndroidExtensions.cs
index 4299f9ee38..6fba1f1bde 100644
--- a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Android/AndroidExtensions.cs
+++ b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Android/AndroidExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Android.Graphics;
+using System;
+using Android.Graphics;
 
 namespace SkiaSharp.Views.Android
 {
@@ -130,7 +131,9 @@ public static Bitmap ToBitmap(this SKBitmap skiaBitmap)
 		{
 			using (var pixmap = skiaBitmap.PeekPixels())
 			{
-				return pixmap.ToBitmap();
+				var bmp = pixmap.ToBitmap();
+				GC.KeepAlive(skiaBitmap);
+				return bmp;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -183,7 +186,9 @@ public static Bitmap ToBitmap(this SKImage skiaImage)
 		{
 			using (var pixmap = skiaImage.PeekPixels())
 			{
-				return pixmap.ToBitmap();
+				var bmp = pixmap.ToBitmap();
+				GC.KeepAlive(skiaImage);
+				return bmp;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Apple/AppleExtensions.cs b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Apple/AppleExtensions.cs
index 40930594c0..0aaa28c22d 100644
--- a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Apple/AppleExtensions.cs
+++ b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Apple/AppleExtensions.cs
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ public static CGImage ToCGImage(this SKBitmap skiaBitmap)
 					provider,
 					null, false, CGColorRenderingIntent.Default);
 			}
+			GC.KeepAlive(skiaBitmap);
 			return cgImage;
 		}
 
diff --git a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Gtk/GTKExtensions.cs b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Gtk/GTKExtensions.cs
index 72800bb8e9..8423a1906c 100644
--- a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Gtk/GTKExtensions.cs
+++ b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Gtk/GTKExtensions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using Gdk;
 
+using GC = System.GC;
+
 namespace SkiaSharp.Views.Gtk
 {
 	public static class GTKExtensions
@@ -91,9 +93,12 @@ public static Pixbuf ToPixbuf(this SKImage skiaImage)
 
 		public static Pixbuf ToPixbuf(this SKBitmap skiaBitmap)
 		{
-			using (var image = SKImage.FromPixels(skiaBitmap.PeekPixels()))
+			using (var pixmap = skiaBitmap.PeekPixels())
+			using (var image = SKImage.FromPixels(pixmap))
 			{
-				return image.ToPixbuf();
+				var pixbuf = image.ToPixbuf();
+				GC.KeepAlive(skiaBitmap);
+				return pixbuf;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Shared/Extensions.cs b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Shared/Extensions.cs
index 35467012a9..6961f4ac6e 100644
--- a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Shared/Extensions.cs
+++ b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Shared/Extensions.cs
@@ -137,9 +137,12 @@ public static System.Drawing.Bitmap ToBitmap(this SKImage skiaImage)
 
 		public static System.Drawing.Bitmap ToBitmap(this SKBitmap skiaBitmap)
 		{
-			using (var image = SKImage.FromPixels(skiaBitmap.PeekPixels()))
+			using (var pixmap = skiaBitmap.PeekPixels())
+			using (var image = SKImage.FromPixels(pixmap))
 			{
-				return image.ToBitmap();
+				var bmp = image.ToBitmap();
+				GC.KeepAlive(skiaBitmap);
+				return bmp;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.UWP/UWPExtensions.cs b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.UWP/UWPExtensions.cs
index 958c7ff16e..6118594ed6 100644
--- a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.UWP/UWPExtensions.cs
+++ b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.UWP/UWPExtensions.cs
@@ -96,9 +96,12 @@ public static WriteableBitmap ToWriteableBitmap(this SKImage skiaImage)
 
 		public static WriteableBitmap ToWriteableBitmap(this SKBitmap skiaBitmap)
 		{
-			using (var image = SKImage.FromPixels(skiaBitmap.PeekPixels()))
+			using (var pixmap = skiaBitmap.PeekPixels())
+			using (var image = SKImage.FromPixels(pixmap))
 			{
-				return image.ToWriteableBitmap();
+				var wb = image.ToWriteableBitmap();
+				GC.KeepAlive(skiaBitmap);
+				return wb;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.WPF/WPFExtensions.cs b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.WPF/WPFExtensions.cs
index 92284d51b7..d347628896 100644
--- a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.WPF/WPFExtensions.cs
+++ b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.WPF/WPFExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Windows;
+using System;
+using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 
@@ -85,9 +86,12 @@ public static WriteableBitmap ToWriteableBitmap(this SKImage skiaImage)
 
 		public static WriteableBitmap ToWriteableBitmap(this SKBitmap skiaBitmap)
 		{
-			using (var image = SKImage.FromPixels(skiaBitmap.PeekPixels()))
+			using (var pixmap = skiaBitmap.PeekPixels())
+			using (var image = SKImage.FromPixels(pixmap))
 			{
-				return image.ToWriteableBitmap();
+				var wb = image.ToWriteableBitmap();
+				GC.KeepAlive(skiaBitmap);
+				return wb;
 			}
 		}