diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
index 705a589da0..202cbae8c2 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
@@ -457,17 +457,6 @@ static ASDisplayNodeMethodOverrides GetASDisplayNodeMethodOverrides(Class c)
 
 - (void)_scheduleIvarsForMainDeallocation
 {
-  /**
-   * UIKit components must be deallocated on the main thread. We use this shared
-   * run loop queue to gradually deallocate them across many turns of the main run loop.
-   */
-  static ASRunLoopQueue *queue;
-  static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
-  dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
-    queue = [[ASRunLoopQueue alloc] initWithRunLoop:CFRunLoopGetMain() andHandler:nil];
-    queue.batchSize = 10;
-  });
-
   NSValue *ivarsObj = [[self class] _ivarsThatMayNeedMainDeallocation];
 
   // Unwrap the ivar array
@@ -482,7 +471,7 @@ static ASDisplayNodeMethodOverrides GetASDisplayNodeMethodOverrides(Class c)
     id value = object_getIvar(self, ivar);
     if (ASClassRequiresMainThreadDeallocation(object_getClass(value))) {
       LOG(@"Trampolining ivar '%s' value %@ for main deallocation.", ivar_getName(ivar), value);
-      [queue enqueue:value];
+      ASPerformMainThreadDeallocation(value);
     } else {
       LOG(@"Not trampolining ivar '%s' value %@.", ivar_getName(ivar), value);
     }
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.h b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.h
index f7e0a61ba0..e7cbf30192 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.h
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASBaseDefines.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.h>
 
+/// For deallocation of objects on the main thread across multiple run loops.
+extern void ASPerformMainThreadDeallocation(_Nullable id object);
+
 // Because inline methods can't be extern'd and need to be part of the translation unit of code
 // that compiles with them to actually inline, we both declare and define these in the header.
 ASDISPLAYNODE_INLINE BOOL ASInterfaceStateIncludesVisible(ASInterfaceState interfaceState)
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.mm
index bdf1fc79d6..97b22578b7 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.mm
@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@
 #import "ASDisplayNode+FrameworkPrivate.h"
 
 #import <queue>
+#import "ASRunLoopQueue.h"
+
+extern void ASPerformMainThreadDeallocation(_Nullable id object)
+{
+  /**
+   * UIKit components must be deallocated on the main thread. We use this shared
+   * run loop queue to gradually deallocate them across many turns of the main run loop.
+   */
+  static ASRunLoopQueue *queue;
+  static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
+  dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
+    queue = [[ASRunLoopQueue alloc] initWithRunLoop:CFRunLoopGetMain() andHandler:nil];
+    queue.batchSize = 10;
+  });
+  if (object != nil) {
+  	[queue enqueue:object];
+  }
+}
 
 extern ASInterfaceState ASInterfaceStateForDisplayNode(ASDisplayNode *displayNode, UIWindow *window)
 {