diff --git a/dom/media/gmp/ChromiumCDMProxy.cpp b/dom/media/gmp/ChromiumCDMProxy.cpp
index 11e320f5a0a6..d4248724bc46 100644
--- a/dom/media/gmp/ChromiumCDMProxy.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/gmp/ChromiumCDMProxy.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ void ChromiumCDMProxy::Init(PromiseId aPromiseId, const nsAString& aOrigin,
                             const nsAString& aTopLevelOrigin,
                             const nsAString& aGMPName) {
   MOZ_ASSERT(NS_IsMainThread());
+
+  RefPtr<GMPCrashHelper> helper(std::move(mCrashHelper));
+
   NS_ENSURE_TRUE_VOID(!mKeys.IsNull());
 
   EME_LOG(
@@ -62,7 +65,6 @@ void ChromiumCDMProxy::Init(PromiseId aPromiseId, const nsAString& aOrigin,
 
   gmp::NodeId nodeId(aOrigin, aTopLevelOrigin, aGMPName);
   RefPtr<AbstractThread> thread = mGMPThread;
-  RefPtr<GMPCrashHelper> helper(mCrashHelper);
   RefPtr<ChromiumCDMProxy> self(this);
   nsCString keySystem = NS_ConvertUTF16toUTF8(mKeySystem);
   RefPtr<Runnable> task(NS_NewRunnableFunction(
diff --git a/dom/media/gmp/ChromiumCDMProxy.h b/dom/media/gmp/ChromiumCDMProxy.h
index 13fa28b45590..5b6b68c626ba 100644
--- a/dom/media/gmp/ChromiumCDMProxy.h
+++ b/dom/media/gmp/ChromiumCDMProxy.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class ChromiumCDMProxy : public CDMProxy {
 
   ~ChromiumCDMProxy();
 
-  GMPCrashHelper* mCrashHelper;
+  RefPtr<GMPCrashHelper> mCrashHelper;
 
   Mutex mCDMMutex;
   RefPtr<gmp::ChromiumCDMParent> mCDM;