diff --git a/Source/ASEditableTextNode.mm b/Source/ASEditableTextNode.mm
index 98351f076..404049fcf 100644
--- a/Source/ASEditableTextNode.mm
+++ b/Source/ASEditableTextNode.mm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ other content (setting scrollEnabled = NO on the UITextView itself,
 
  See issue: https://github.com/facebook/AsyncDisplayKit/issues/1063
  */
-@interface ASPanningOverriddenUITextView : UITextView
+@interface ASPanningOverriddenUITextView : ASTextKitComponentsTextView
 {
   BOOL _shouldBlockPanGesture;
 }
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ - (void)didLoad
   ASDN::MutexLocker l(_textKitLock);
 
   // Create and configure the placeholder text view.
-  _placeholderTextKitComponents.textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero textContainer:_placeholderTextKitComponents.textContainer];
+  _placeholderTextKitComponents.textView = [[ASTextKitComponentsTextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero textContainer:_placeholderTextKitComponents.textContainer];
   _placeholderTextKitComponents.textView.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
   _placeholderTextKitComponents.textView.accessibilityElementsHidden = YES;
   configureTextView(_placeholderTextKitComponents.textView);
diff --git a/Source/TextKit/ASTextKitComponents.h b/Source/TextKit/ASTextKitComponents.h
index 223abf5c1..20acc2c47 100644
--- a/Source/TextKit/ASTextKitComponents.h
+++ b/Source/TextKit/ASTextKitComponents.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
+@interface ASTextKitComponentsTextView : UITextView
+- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame textContainer:(nullable NSTextContainer *)textContainer NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;
+- (nullable instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder __unavailable;
+- (instancetype)init __unavailable;
+@end
+
 AS_SUBCLASSING_RESTRICTED
 @interface ASTextKitComponents : NSObject
 
@@ -52,14 +58,13 @@ AS_SUBCLASSING_RESTRICTED
  */
 - (CGSize)sizeForConstrainedWidth:(CGFloat)constrainedWidth;
 
-
 - (CGSize)sizeForConstrainedWidth:(CGFloat)constrainedWidth
               forMaxNumberOfLines:(NSInteger)numberOfLines;
 
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSTextStorage *textStorage;
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSTextContainer *textContainer;
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSLayoutManager *layoutManager;
-@property (nonatomic, strong, nullable) UITextView *textView;
+@property (nonatomic, strong, nullable) ASTextKitComponentsTextView *textView;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/Source/TextKit/ASTextKitComponents.mm b/Source/TextKit/ASTextKitComponents.mm
index 6b3955eb7..7e4a7ae68 100644
--- a/Source/TextKit/ASTextKitComponents.mm
+++ b/Source/TextKit/ASTextKitComponents.mm
@@ -20,6 +20,37 @@
 
 #import <tgmath.h>
 
+@interface ASTextKitComponentsTextView ()
+@property (atomic, assign) CGRect threadSafeBounds;
+@end
+
+@implementation ASTextKitComponentsTextView
+
+- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame textContainer:(NSTextContainer *)textContainer
+{
+  self = [super initWithFrame:frame textContainer:textContainer];
+  if (self) {
+    _threadSafeBounds = self.bounds;
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
+- (void)setFrame:(CGRect)frame
+{
+  ASDisplayNodeAssertMainThread();
+  [super setFrame:frame];
+  self.threadSafeBounds = self.bounds;
+}
+
+- (void)setBounds:(CGRect)bounds
+{
+  ASDisplayNodeAssertMainThread();
+  [super setBounds:bounds];
+  self.threadSafeBounds = bounds;
+}
+
+@end
+
 @interface ASTextKitComponents ()
 
 // read-write redeclarations
@@ -27,9 +58,6 @@ @interface ASTextKitComponents ()
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readwrite) NSTextContainer *textContainer;
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readwrite) NSLayoutManager *layoutManager;
 
-// Indicates whether or not this object must be deallocated on main thread. Defaults to YES.
-@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL requiresMainThreadDeallocation;
-
 @end
 
 @implementation ASTextKitComponents
@@ -61,8 +89,6 @@ + (instancetype)componentsWithTextStorage:(NSTextStorage *)textStorage
   components.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0.0; // We want the text laid out up to the very edges of the text-view.
   [components.layoutManager addTextContainer:components.textContainer];
 
-  components.requiresMainThreadDeallocation = YES;
-
   return components;
 }
 
@@ -70,11 +96,9 @@ + (instancetype)componentsWithTextStorage:(NSTextStorage *)textStorage
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-  if (_requiresMainThreadDeallocation) {
-    ASDisplayNodeAssertMainThread();
-  }
   // Nil out all delegates to prevent crash
   if (_textView) {
+    ASDisplayNodeAssertMainThread();
     _textView.delegate = nil;
   }
   _layoutManager.delegate = nil;
@@ -88,10 +112,8 @@ - (CGSize)sizeForConstrainedWidth:(CGFloat)constrainedWidth
 
   // If our text-view's width is already the constrained width, we can use our existing TextKit stack for this sizing calculation.
   // Otherwise, we create a temporary stack to size for `constrainedWidth`.
-  if (CGRectGetWidth(components.textView.bounds) != constrainedWidth) {
+  if (CGRectGetWidth(components.textView.threadSafeBounds) != constrainedWidth) {
     components = [ASTextKitComponents componentsWithAttributedSeedString:components.textStorage textContainerSize:CGSizeMake(constrainedWidth, CGFLOAT_MAX)];
-    // The temporary stack can be deallocated off main
-    components.requiresMainThreadDeallocation = NO;
   }
 
   // Force glyph generation and layout, which may not have happened yet (and isn't triggered by -usedRectForTextContainer:).
@@ -112,9 +134,7 @@ - (CGSize)sizeForConstrainedWidth:(CGFloat)constrainedWidth
   
   // Always use temporary stack in case of threading issues
   components = [ASTextKitComponents componentsWithAttributedSeedString:components.textStorage textContainerSize:CGSizeMake(constrainedWidth, CGFLOAT_MAX)];
-  // The temporary stack can be deallocated off main
-  components.requiresMainThreadDeallocation = NO;
-  
+
   // Force glyph generation and layout, which may not have happened yet (and isn't triggered by - usedRectForTextContainer:).
   [components.layoutManager ensureLayoutForTextContainer:components.textContainer];
   
diff --git a/Tests/ASTextKitTests.mm b/Tests/ASTextKitTests.mm
index a39a333b1..687206178 100644
--- a/Tests/ASTextKitTests.mm
+++ b/Tests/ASTextKitTests.mm
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 
 #import <FBSnapshotTestCase/FBSnapshotTestController.h>
 
-#import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASTextKitEntityAttribute.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASTextKitAttributes.h>
+#import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASTextKitComponents.h>
+#import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASTextKitEntityAttribute.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASTextKitRenderer.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASTextKitRenderer+Positioning.h>
 
+#import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASInternalHelpers.h>
+
 @interface ASTextKitTests : XCTestCase
 
 @end
@@ -201,4 +204,28 @@ - (void)testRectsForRangeBeyondTruncationSizeReturnsNonZeroNumberOfRects
   XCTAssert([renderer rectsForTextRange:NSMakeRange(0, attributedString.length) measureOption:ASTextKitRendererMeasureOptionBlock].count > 0);
 }
 
+- (void)testTextKitComponentsCanCalculateSizeInBackground
+{
+  NSAttributedString *attributedString =
+  [[NSAttributedString alloc]
+   initWithString:@"90's cray photo booth tote bag bespoke Carles. Plaid wayfarers Odd Future master cleanse tattooed four dollar toast small batch kale chips leggings meh photo booth occupy irony.  " attributes:@{ASTextKitEntityAttributeName : [[ASTextKitEntityAttribute alloc] initWithEntity:@"entity"]}];
+  ASTextKitComponents *components = [ASTextKitComponents componentsWithAttributedSeedString:attributedString textContainerSize:CGSizeZero];
+  components.textView = [[ASTextKitComponentsTextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero textContainer:components.textContainer];
+  components.textView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 1000);
+
+  XCTestExpectation *expectation = [self expectationWithDescription:@"Components deallocated in background"];
+  
+  ASPerformBlockOnBackgroundThread(^{
+    // Use an autorelease pool here to ensure temporary components are (and can be) released in background
+    @autoreleasepool {
+      [components sizeForConstrainedWidth:100];
+      [components sizeForConstrainedWidth:50 forMaxNumberOfLines:5];
+    }
+
+    [expectation fulfill];
+  });
+
+  [self waitForExpectationsWithTimeout:1 handler:nil];
+}
+
 @end