diff --git a/tools/viewer/sk_app/GLWindowContext.cpp b/tools/viewer/sk_app/GLWindowContext.cpp
index b960da4..31ba01c 100644
--- a/tools/viewer/sk_app/GLWindowContext.cpp
+++ b/tools/viewer/sk_app/GLWindowContext.cpp
@@ -83,9 +83,8 @@
             GrGLint buffer;
             GR_GL_CALL(fBackendContext, GetIntegerv(GR_GL_FRAMEBUFFER_BINDING, &buffer));
             desc.fRenderTargetHandle = buffer;
-            fRenderTarget.reset(fContext->textureProvider()->wrapBackendRenderTarget(desc));
 
-            fSurface = this->createRenderSurface(fRenderTarget, fActualColorBits);
+            fSurface = this->createRenderSurface(desc, fActualColorBits);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/viewer/sk_app/VulkanWindowContext.cpp b/tools/viewer/sk_app/VulkanWindowContext.cpp
index 5087e5d..c969f28 100644
--- a/tools/viewer/sk_app/VulkanWindowContext.cpp
+++ b/tools/viewer/sk_app/VulkanWindowContext.cpp
@@ -278,9 +278,8 @@
         desc.fSampleCnt = 0;
         desc.fStencilBits = 0;
         desc.fRenderTargetHandle = (GrBackendObject) &info;
-        fRenderTargets[i].reset(fContext->textureProvider()->wrapBackendRenderTarget(desc));
 
-        fSurfaces[i] = this->createRenderSurface(fRenderTargets[i], 24);
+        fSurfaces[i] = this->createRenderSurface(desc, 24);
     }
 
     // create the command pool for the command buffers
diff --git a/tools/viewer/sk_app/WindowContext.cpp b/tools/viewer/sk_app/WindowContext.cpp
index ba04e7e..5d364bc 100755
--- a/tools/viewer/sk_app/WindowContext.cpp
+++ b/tools/viewer/sk_app/WindowContext.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
     return createSurface(nullptr, 0, true, forceSRGB);
 }
 
-sk_sp<SkSurface> WindowContext::createRenderSurface(sk_sp<GrRenderTarget> rt, int colorBits) {
-    return createSurface(rt, colorBits, false, false);
+sk_sp<SkSurface> WindowContext::createRenderSurface(GrBackendRenderTargetDesc desc, int colorBits) {
+    return createSurface(&desc, colorBits, false, false);
 }
 
 sk_sp<SkSurface> WindowContext::createSurface(
-        sk_sp<GrRenderTarget> rt, int colorBits, bool offscreen, bool forceSRGB) {
+        GrBackendRenderTargetDesc* rtDesc, int colorBits, bool offscreen, bool forceSRGB) {
     auto flags = (fSurfaceProps.flags() & ~SkSurfaceProps::kGammaCorrect_Flag) |
                  (GrPixelConfigIsSRGB(fPixelConfig) || forceSRGB ?
                   SkSurfaceProps::kGammaCorrect_Flag : 0);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             return SkSurface::MakeRaster(info, &props);
         }
     } else {
-        return SkSurface::MakeRenderTargetDirect(rt.get(), &props);
+        return SkSurface::MakeFromBackendRenderTarget(fContext, *rtDesc, &props);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/viewer/sk_app/WindowContext.h b/tools/viewer/sk_app/WindowContext.h
index 2c526a4..917eb4e 100644
--- a/tools/viewer/sk_app/WindowContext.h
+++ b/tools/viewer/sk_app/WindowContext.h
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@
     GrContext* getGrContext() const { return fContext; }
 
     sk_sp<SkSurface> createOffscreenSurface(bool sRGB);
-    sk_sp<SkSurface> createRenderSurface(sk_sp<GrRenderTarget>, int colorBits);
     void presentRenderSurface(sk_sp<SkSurface> renderSurface, sk_sp<GrRenderTarget> rt,
                               int colorBits);
 
 protected:
     virtual bool isGpuContext() { return true;  }
 
+    sk_sp<SkSurface> createRenderSurface(GrBackendRenderTargetDesc, int colorBits);
+
     GrContext*        fContext;
 
     int               fWidth;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
 
 private:
     sk_sp<SkSurface> createSurface(
-            sk_sp<GrRenderTarget>, int colorBits, bool offscreen, bool forceSRGB);
+            GrBackendRenderTargetDesc*, int colorBits, bool offscreen, bool forceSRGB);
 };
 
 }   // namespace sk_app