diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Rendering/Composition/CompositingRenderer.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Rendering/Composition/CompositingRenderer.cs
index 9aa3c25425..9742a6b3ba 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Rendering/Composition/CompositingRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Rendering/Composition/CompositingRenderer.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class CompositingRenderer : IRendererWithCompositor
     private bool _queuedUpdate;
     private Action _update;
     private Action _invalidateScene;
+    private bool _updating;
 
     internal CompositionTarget CompositionTarget;
     
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ public class CompositingRenderer : IRendererWithCompositor
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public void AddDirty(IVisual visual)
     {
+        if (_updating)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Visual was invalidated during the render pass");
         _dirty.Add((Visual)visual);
         QueueUpdate();
     }
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ public class CompositingRenderer : IRendererWithCompositor
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public void RecalculateChildren(IVisual visual)
     {
+        if (_updating)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Visual was invalidated during the render pass");
         _recalculateChildren.Add((Visual)visual);
         QueueUpdate();
     }
@@ -191,7 +196,7 @@ public class CompositingRenderer : IRendererWithCompositor
     private void InvalidateScene() =>
         SceneInvalidated?.Invoke(this, new SceneInvalidatedEventArgs(_root, new Rect(_root.ClientSize)));
 
-    private void Update()
+    private void UpdateCore()
     {
         _queuedUpdate = false;
         foreach (var visual in _dirty)
@@ -240,6 +245,21 @@ public class CompositingRenderer : IRendererWithCompositor
         CompositionTarget.Scaling = _root.RenderScaling;
         Compositor.InvokeOnNextCommit(_invalidateScene);
     }
+
+    private void Update()
+    {
+        if(_updating)
+            return;
+        _updating = true;
+        try
+        {
+            UpdateCore();
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _updating = false;
+        }
+    }
     
     public void Resized(Size size)
     {
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Rendering/DirtyVisuals.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Rendering/DirtyVisuals.cs
index 00bc236b9c..999b12e810 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Rendering/DirtyVisuals.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Rendering/DirtyVisuals.cs
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Rendering
     {
         private SortedDictionary<int, List<IVisual>> _inner = new SortedDictionary<int, List<IVisual>>();
         private Dictionary<IVisual, int> _index = new Dictionary<IVisual, int>();
-        private List<IVisual> _deferredChanges = new List<IVisual>();
-        private int _deferring;
+        private int _enumerating;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the number of dirty visuals.
@@ -31,10 +30,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Rendering
         /// <param name="visual">The dirty visual.</param>
         public void Add(IVisual visual)
         {
-            if (_deferring > 0)
+            if (_enumerating > 0)
             {
-                _deferredChanges.Add(visual);
-                return;
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Visual was invalidated during a render pass");
             }
 
             var distance = visual.CalculateDistanceFromAncestor(visual.VisualRoot);
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Rendering
         /// </summary>
         public void Clear()
         {
-            if (_deferring > 0)
+            if (_enumerating > 0)
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot clear while enumerating");
             }
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Rendering
         /// <returns>A collection of visuals.</returns>
         public IEnumerator<IVisual> GetEnumerator()
         {
-            BeginDefer();
+            _enumerating++;
             try
             {
                 foreach (var i in _inner)
@@ -93,27 +91,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.Rendering
             }
             finally
             {
-                EndDefer();
+                _enumerating--;
             }
         }
-
-        private void BeginDefer()
-        {
-            ++_deferring;
-        }
-
-        private void EndDefer()
-        {
-            if (--_deferring > 0) return;
-
-            foreach (var visual in _deferredChanges)
-            {
-                Add(visual);
-            }
-
-            _deferredChanges.Clear();
-        }
-
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the dirty visuals, in ascending order of distance to their root.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/FramebufferToplevelImpl.cs b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/FramebufferToplevelImpl.cs
index 8688671d3b..b64423ec10 100644
--- a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/FramebufferToplevelImpl.cs
+++ b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/FramebufferToplevelImpl.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.Input;
 using Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.Output;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
 using Avalonia.Rendering;
+using Avalonia.Rendering.Composition;
 
 namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
 {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
         {
             var factory = AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IRendererFactory>();
             var renderLoop = AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IRenderLoop>();
-            return factory?.Create(root, renderLoop) ?? new DeferredRenderer(root, renderLoop);
+            return factory?.Create(root, renderLoop) ?? new CompositingRenderer(root, LinuxFramebufferPlatform.Compositor);
         }
 
         public void Dispose()
diff --git a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/LinuxFramebufferPlatform.cs b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/LinuxFramebufferPlatform.cs
index a642766809..bf9452e191 100644
--- a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/LinuxFramebufferPlatform.cs
+++ b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/LinuxFramebufferPlatform.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.Output;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
 using Avalonia.Rendering;
+using Avalonia.Rendering.Composition;
 using Avalonia.Threading;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
         private static readonly Stopwatch St = Stopwatch.StartNew();
         internal static uint Timestamp => (uint)St.ElapsedTicks;
         public static InternalPlatformThreadingInterface Threading;
+        
+        internal static Compositor Compositor { get; private set; }
+        
+        
         LinuxFramebufferPlatform(IOutputBackend backend)
         {
             _fb = backend;
@@ -48,6 +53,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
                 .Bind<IKeyboardDevice>().ToConstant(new KeyboardDevice())
                 .Bind<IPlatformSettings>().ToSingleton<PlatformSettings>()
                 .Bind<PlatformHotkeyConfiguration>().ToSingleton<PlatformHotkeyConfiguration>();
+            
+            Compositor = new Compositor(
+                AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetRequiredService<IRenderLoop>(),
+                AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformOpenGlInterface>());
         }
 
        
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/AvaloniaView.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/AvaloniaView.cs
index b114ed9468..56c1965df8 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/AvaloniaView.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/AvaloniaView.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using Avalonia.iOS.Storage;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
 using Avalonia.Platform.Storage;
 using Avalonia.Rendering;
+using Avalonia.Rendering.Composition;
 using CoreAnimation;
 using Foundation;
 using ObjCRuntime;
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
                 // No-op
             }
 
-            public IRenderer CreateRenderer(IRenderRoot root) => new DeferredRenderer(root,
-                AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IRenderLoop>());
+            public IRenderer CreateRenderer(IRenderRoot root) => new CompositingRenderer(root, Platform.Compositor);
+                    
 
             public void Invalidate(Rect rect)
             {
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Platform.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Platform.cs
index 2738e502de..67d037f9e5 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Platform.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Platform.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Avalonia.Input.Platform;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
 using Avalonia.Rendering;
+using Avalonia.Rendering.Composition;
 
 namespace Avalonia
 {
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
     {
         public static EaglFeature GlFeature;
         public static DisplayLinkTimer Timer;
+        internal static Compositor Compositor { get; private set; }
+        
         class PlatformSettings : IPlatformSettings
         {
             /// <inheritdoc cref="IPlatformSettings.TouchDoubleClickSize"/>
@@ -57,6 +60,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
                 .Bind<IRenderTimer>().ToConstant(Timer)
                 .Bind<IPlatformThreadingInterface>().ToConstant(new PlatformThreadingInterface())
                 .Bind<IKeyboardDevice>().ToConstant(keyboard);
+
+                Compositor = new Compositor(
+                    AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetRequiredService<IRenderLoop>(),
+                    AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformOpenGlInterface>());
         }