diff --git a/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp b/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp
index 94384b18a97..77d639567ad 100644
--- a/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp
@@ -679,9 +679,9 @@ NS_METHOD nsWindow::Destroy()
   }
   mLayerManager = nsnull;
 
-  /* We should clear our D2D window surface now and not wait for the GC to
+  /* We should clear our cached resources now and not wait for the GC to
    * delete the nsWindow. */
-  mD2DWindowSurface = nsnull;
+  ClearCachedResources();
 
   // The DestroyWindow function destroys the specified window. The function sends WM_DESTROY
   // and WM_NCDESTROY messages to the window to deactivate it and remove the keyboard focus
@@ -1167,11 +1167,9 @@ NS_METHOD nsWindow::Show(PRBool bState)
   // SetWindowPos would get the correct answer.
   mIsVisible = bState;
 
-#ifdef CAIRO_HAS_D2D_SURFACE
   if (!mIsVisible && wasVisible) {
-      ClearD2DSurface();
+      ClearCachedResources();
   }
-#endif
 
   if (mWnd) {
     if (bState) {
@@ -7936,30 +7934,28 @@ VOID CALLBACK nsWindow::HookTimerForPopups(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, UINT idEvent, D
 }
 #endif // WinCE
 
-#ifdef CAIRO_HAS_D2D_SURFACE
-BOOL CALLBACK nsWindow::ClearD2DSurfaceCallback(HWND aWnd, LPARAM aMsg)
+BOOL CALLBACK nsWindow::ClearResourcesCallback(HWND aWnd, LPARAM aMsg)
 {
     nsWindow *window = nsWindow::GetNSWindowPtr(aWnd);
     if (window) {
-        window->ClearD2DSurface();
+        window->ClearCachedResources();
     }  
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 void
-nsWindow::ClearD2DSurface()
+nsWindow::ClearCachedResources()
 {
+#ifdef CAIRO_HAS_D2D_SURFACE
     mD2DWindowSurface = nsnull;
-    if (gfxWindowsPlatform::GetPlatform()->GetRenderMode() ==
-        gfxWindowsPlatform::RENDER_DIRECT2D) {
-        // The layer manager holds onto a bunch of buffers created with create
-        // similar surface. This can consume quite a bit of VMEM for each tab,
-        // if a window is hidden we clear the layer manager to conserve VRAM.
-        mLayerManager = nsnull;
-    }
-    ::EnumChildWindows(mWnd, nsWindow::ClearD2DSurfaceCallback, NULL);
-}
 #endif
+    if (mLayerManager &&
+        mLayerManager->GetBackendType() == LayerManager::LAYERS_BASIC) {
+      static_cast<BasicLayerManager*>(mLayerManager.get())->
+        ClearCachedResources();
+    }
+    ::EnumChildWindows(mWnd, nsWindow::ClearResourcesCallback, NULL);
+}
 
 static PRBool IsDifferentThreadWindow(HWND aWnd)
 {
diff --git a/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.h b/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.h
index 7a252b2b9bf..83e849391c4 100644
--- a/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.h
+++ b/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.h
@@ -291,9 +291,7 @@ protected:
   static LRESULT CALLBACK MozSpecialWndProc(int code, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
   static LRESULT CALLBACK MozSpecialMouseProc(int code, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
   static VOID    CALLBACK HookTimerForPopups( HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, UINT idEvent, DWORD dwTime );
-#ifdef CAIRO_HAS_D2D_SURFACE
-  static BOOL    CALLBACK ClearD2DSurfaceCallback(HWND aChild, LPARAM aParam);
-#endif
+  static BOOL    CALLBACK ClearResourcesCallback(HWND aChild, LPARAM aParam);
 
   /**
    * Window utilities
@@ -455,9 +453,7 @@ protected:
 #ifdef ACCESSIBILITY
   static STDMETHODIMP_(LRESULT) LresultFromObject(REFIID riid, WPARAM wParam, LPUNKNOWN pAcc);
 #endif // ACCESSIBILITY
-#ifdef CAIRO_HAS_D2D_SURFACE
-  void                    ClearD2DSurface();
-#endif
+  void                    ClearCachedResources();
 
 protected:
   nsCOMPtr<nsIWidget>   mParent;