diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
index 906463221721..7c331730d0a5 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ nsDocShell::nsDocShell(BrowsingContext* aBrowsingContext)
       mForcedCharset(nullptr),
       mParentCharset(nullptr),
       mTreeOwner(nullptr),
-      mChromeEventHandler(nullptr),
       mDefaultScrollbarPref(Scrollbar_Auto, Scrollbar_Auto),
       mCharsetReloadState(eCharsetReloadInit),
       mOrientationLock(hal::eScreenOrientation_None),
@@ -541,7 +540,7 @@ void nsDocShell::DestroyChildren() {
 NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_INHERITED(nsDocShell, nsDocLoader,
                                    mSessionStorageManager, mScriptGlobal,
                                    mInitialClientSource, mSessionHistory,
-                                   mBrowsingContext)
+                                   mBrowsingContext, mChromeEventHandler)
 
 NS_IMPL_ADDREF_INHERITED(nsDocShell, nsDocLoader)
 NS_IMPL_RELEASE_INHERITED(nsDocShell, nsDocLoader)
@@ -1141,7 +1140,6 @@ nsDocShell::GetOuterWindowID(uint64_t* aWindowID) {
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsDocShell::SetChromeEventHandler(EventTarget* aChromeEventHandler) {
-  // Weak reference. Don't addref.
   mChromeEventHandler = aChromeEventHandler;
 
   if (mScriptGlobal) {
@@ -1154,7 +1152,7 @@ nsDocShell::SetChromeEventHandler(EventTarget* aChromeEventHandler) {
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsDocShell::GetChromeEventHandler(EventTarget** aChromeEventHandler) {
   NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aChromeEventHandler);
-  nsCOMPtr<EventTarget> handler = mChromeEventHandler;
+  RefPtr<EventTarget> handler = mChromeEventHandler;
   handler.forget(aChromeEventHandler);
   return NS_OK;
 }
@@ -4199,7 +4197,7 @@ nsDocShell::DisplayLoadError(nsresult aError, nsIURI* aURI,
     errorPage.AssignLiteral("tabcrashed");
     error = "tabcrashed";
 
-    nsCOMPtr<EventTarget> handler = mChromeEventHandler;
+    RefPtr<EventTarget> handler = mChromeEventHandler;
     if (handler) {
       nsCOMPtr<Element> element = do_QueryInterface(handler);
       element->GetAttribute(NS_LITERAL_STRING("crashedPageTitle"), messageStr);
@@ -4993,6 +4991,8 @@ nsDocShell::Destroy() {
 
   mTabChild = nullptr;
 
+  mChromeEventHandler = nullptr;
+
   mOnePermittedSandboxedNavigator = nullptr;
 
   // required to break ref cycle
diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
index 9c29c42546d8..802a85cb5298 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
@@ -1036,8 +1036,9 @@ class nsDocShell final : public nsDocLoader,
   // Note these are intentionally not addrefd. Doing so will create a cycle.
   // For that reasons don't use nsCOMPtr.
 
-  nsIDocShellTreeOwner* mTreeOwner;                // Weak Reference
-  mozilla::dom::EventTarget* mChromeEventHandler;  // Weak Reference
+  nsIDocShellTreeOwner* mTreeOwner;  // Weak Reference
+
+  RefPtr<mozilla::dom::EventTarget> mChromeEventHandler;
 
   nsIntPoint mDefaultScrollbarPref;  // persistent across doc loads