Future<?> localTimer = timer;
    // Try to cancel the timer as an optimization.
    // timer may be null if this call to run was by the timer task since there is no happens-before
    // edge between the assignment to timer and an execution of the timer task.
    if (localTimer != null) {
      localTimer.cancel(false);
    }

    delegateRef = null;
    timer = null;
  }