diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterActivityAndFragmentDelegate.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterActivityAndFragmentDelegate.java
index 0dbb4573e9373..9a9f4d9a6a19c 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterActivityAndFragmentDelegate.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterActivityAndFragmentDelegate.java
@@ -678,8 +678,13 @@ void onDestroyView() {
       flutterView.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnPreDrawListener(activePreDrawListener);
       activePreDrawListener = null;
     }
-    flutterView.detachFromFlutterEngine();
-    flutterView.removeOnFirstFrameRenderedListener(flutterUiDisplayListener);
+
+    // flutterView can be null in instances where a delegate.onDestroyView is called without
+    // onCreateView being called. See https://github.com/flutter/engine/pull/41082 for more detail.
+    if (flutterView != null) {
+      flutterView.detachFromFlutterEngine();
+      flutterView.removeOnFirstFrameRenderedListener(flutterUiDisplayListener);
+    }
   }
 
   void onSaveInstanceState(@Nullable Bundle bundle) {