diff --git a/gfx/layers/ipc/CompositorChild.cpp b/gfx/layers/ipc/CompositorChild.cpp
index 490f42ae882..d27dc04a36c 100644
--- a/gfx/layers/ipc/CompositorChild.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/ipc/CompositorChild.cpp
@@ -101,9 +101,15 @@ CompositorChild::ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason aWhy)
 {
   MOZ_ASSERT(sCompositor == this);
 
+#ifdef MOZ_B2G
+  // Due to poor lifetime management of gralloc (and possibly shmems) we will
+  // crash at some point in the future when we get destroyed due to abnormal
+  // shutdown. Its better just to crash here. On desktop though, we have a chance
+  // of recovering.
   if (aWhy == AbnormalShutdown) {
     NS_RUNTIMEABORT("ActorDestroy by IPC channel failure at CompositorChild");
   }
+#endif
 
   sCompositor = nullptr;
   // We don't want to release the ref to sCompositor here, during
diff --git a/gfx/layers/ipc/LayerTransactionChild.cpp b/gfx/layers/ipc/LayerTransactionChild.cpp
index 7c311980087..312a8549992 100644
--- a/gfx/layers/ipc/LayerTransactionChild.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/ipc/LayerTransactionChild.cpp
@@ -85,9 +85,15 @@ LayerTransactionChild::DeallocPCompositableChild(PCompositableChild* actor)
 void
 LayerTransactionChild::ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason why)
 {
+#ifdef MOZ_B2G
+  // Due to poor lifetime management of gralloc (and possibly shmems) we will
+  // crash at some point in the future when we get destroyed due to abnormal
+  // shutdown. Its better just to crash here. On desktop though, we have a chance
+  // of recovering.
   if (why == AbnormalShutdown) {
     NS_RUNTIMEABORT("ActorDestroy by IPC channel failure at LayerTransactionChild");
   }
+#endif
 }
 
 }  // namespace layers