diff --git a/widget/src/gtk/nsWidget.cpp b/widget/src/gtk/nsWidget.cpp
index 986f34b243da..a6a7bf5209c6 100644
--- a/widget/src/gtk/nsWidget.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/gtk/nsWidget.cpp
@@ -397,9 +397,8 @@ void nsWidget::OnDestroy()
   // release references to children, device context, toolkit + app shell
   nsBaseWidget::OnDestroy();
 
-  NS_ADDREF_THIS();
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIWidget> kungFuDeathGrip = this;
   DispatchStandardEvent(NS_DESTROY);
-  NS_ADDREF_THIS();
 }
 
 gint