diff --git a/binding/SkiaSharp/GRContext.cs b/binding/SkiaSharp/GRContext.cs
index 918348f32d..273639ee15 100644
--- a/binding/SkiaSharp/GRContext.cs
+++ b/binding/SkiaSharp/GRContext.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ public static GRContext CreateMetal (GRMtlBackendContext backendContext, GRConte
 			var device = backendContext.DeviceHandle;
 			var queue = backendContext.QueueHandle;
 
+#if __IOS__ || __MACOS__ || __TVOS__
+			using Foundation.NSObject queueObject = Foundation.NSObject.FromObject(backendContext.Queue);
+			queueObject.DangerousRetain ();
+#endif
+
 			if (options == null) {
 				return GetObject (SkiaApi.gr_direct_context_make_metal ((void*)device, (void*)queue));
 			} else {
diff --git a/tests/SkiaSharp.Tests.Devices/Tests/iOS/iOSExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/SkiaSharp.Tests.Devices/Tests/iOS/iOSExtensionsTests.cs
index a0e8c55f29..51398d4bed 100644
--- a/tests/SkiaSharp.Tests.Devices/Tests/iOS/iOSExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SkiaSharp.Tests.Devices/Tests/iOS/iOSExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-using CoreGraphics;
+using System;
+using CoreGraphics;
 using Foundation;
+using Metal;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace SkiaSharp.Views.iOS.Tests
@@ -99,5 +101,21 @@ public void CGRectToSKRect(int x, int y, int w, int h)
 
 			Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
 		}
+
+		[SkippableFact]
+		public void GRContextDisposeDoesNotCrash()
+		{
+			var device = MTLDevice.SystemDefault!;
+			Skip.If(device == null, "Metal is not supported on this device.");
+
+			using var commandQueue = device.CreateCommandQueue();
+			using var backendContext = new GRMtlBackendContext()
+			{
+				Device = device,
+				Queue = commandQueue,
+			};
+
+			using var context = GRContext.CreateMetal(backendContext);
+		}
 	}
 }