diff --git a/lib/ui_platform_macos/src/lib.rs b/lib/ui_platform_macos/src/lib.rs
index 5703ca1..97bb279 100644
--- a/lib/ui_platform_macos/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/ui_platform_macos/src/lib.rs
@@ -201,12 +201,13 @@ impl Drop for ObjcStrong {
 }
 
 struct NativeWindow {
-    window: ObjcStrong,
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    view: *mut AnyObject,
-    delegate: Option<ObjcStrong>,
-    _metal_layer: Retained<CAMetalLayer>,
+    // Renderer/surface must drop before the AppKit objects whose raw handles it
+    // was created from.
     renderer: Option<WgpuSceneRenderer>,
+    _metal_layer: Retained<CAMetalLayer>,
+    view: ObjcStrong,
+    delegate: Option<ObjcStrong>,
+    window: ObjcStrong,
 }
 
 impl NativeWindow {
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ impl NativeWindow {
     }
 
     fn view_object(&self) -> *mut AnyObject {
-        self.view
+        self.view.as_ptr()
     }
 
     fn set_title(&self, title: &str) {
@@ -256,12 +257,12 @@ impl NativeWindow {
     }
 
     fn in_live_resize(&self) -> bool {
-        unsafe { objc2::msg_send![self.view, inLiveResize] }
+        unsafe { objc2::msg_send![self.view_object(), inLiveResize] }
     }
 
     fn display_if_needed(&self) {
         unsafe {
-            let _: () = objc2::msg_send![self.view, displayIfNeeded];
+            let _: () = objc2::msg_send![self.view_object(), displayIfNeeded];
             let _: () = objc2::msg_send![self.window_object(), displayIfNeeded];
         }
     }
@@ -1172,10 +1173,10 @@ fn drain_platform_commands(state: &Rc<RefCell<MacosState>>) -> bool {
                 unsafe {
                     let _: () = objc2::msg_send![app, stop: std::ptr::null_mut::<AnyObject>()];
                 }
+                set_command_wake_hook(None);
                 if let Ok(mut slot) = run_loop_wake_handle().lock() {
                     *slot = None;
                 }
-                set_command_wake_hook(None);
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -1588,7 +1589,7 @@ fn create_native_window(window: &MacosWindow, app: *mut AnyObject) -> Option<Nat
     let view_class = content_view_class();
     let view_obj: *mut AnyObject = unsafe { objc2::msg_send![view_class, alloc] };
     let view_obj: *mut AnyObject = unsafe { objc2::msg_send![view_obj, initWithFrame: rect] };
-    let mut view_owner = unsafe { ObjcStrong::from_owned(view_obj) }?;
+    let view_owner = unsafe { ObjcStrong::from_owned(view_obj) }?;
     let view_obj = view_owner.as_ptr();
     let delegate_class = window_delegate_class();
     let delegate_obj: *mut AnyObject = unsafe { objc2::msg_send![delegate_class, new] };
@@ -1609,10 +1610,6 @@ fn create_native_window(window: &MacosWindow, app: *mut AnyObject) -> Option<Nat
             objc2::msg_send![window_obj, makeKeyAndOrderFront: std::ptr::null_mut::<AnyObject>()];
         let _: () = objc2::msg_send![app, activateIgnoringOtherApps: true];
     }
-    // NSWindow retains its content view. Drop our construction-time ownership so
-    // the window is the single owner from here.
-    view_owner.release_now();
-
     let metal_layer = configure_metal_surface_layer(view_obj)?;
 
     let scale_factor: f64 = unsafe { objc2::msg_send![window_obj, backingScaleFactor] };
@@ -1630,11 +1627,11 @@ fn create_native_window(window: &MacosWindow, app: *mut AnyObject) -> Option<Nat
     }
 
     Some(NativeWindow {
-        window: window_owner,
-        view: view_obj,
-        delegate: Some(delegate_owner),
-        _metal_layer: metal_layer,
         renderer,
+        _metal_layer: metal_layer,
+        view: view_owner,
+        delegate: Some(delegate_owner),
+        window: window_owner,
     })
 }