- * being assigned an output might land here so just remove the surface */
- if (output == NULL && surface->role == IVI_SURFACE_ROLE_NONE)
+ * being assigned an output might land here so just remove the surface;
+ *
+ * the DESKTOP role can happen here as well, because we can fall-back
+ * to that when we try to determine the role type. Application that
+ * do not set the app_id will be land here, when destroyed */
+ if (output == NULL && (surface->role == IVI_SURFACE_ROLE_NONE ||
+ surface->role == IVI_SURFACE_ROLE_DESKTOP))