diff --git a/include/views/cef_view_delegate.h b/include/views/cef_view_delegate.h
index 73686847d..2b04b89d9 100644
--- a/include/views/cef_view_delegate.h
+++ b/include/views/cef_view_delegate.h
@@ -152,6 +152,17 @@ class CefViewDelegate : public virtual CefBaseRefCounted {
   ///
   /*--cef()--*/
   virtual void OnThemeChanged(CefRefPtr<CefView> view) {}
+
+#if CEF_API_ADDED(CEF_NEXT)
+  ///
+  /// Called by CefBrowserPlatformDelegateChromeViews::BrowserDestroyed()
+  ///
+  /// We have to drop our reference to the native delegate, because it's
+  /// going to be destroyed very soon.
+  ///
+  /*--cef(added=next)--*/
+  virtual void ClearNativeDelegate() {}
+#endif
 };
 
 #endif  // CEF_INCLUDE_VIEWS_CEF_WINDOW_DELEGATE_H_
diff --git a/libcef/browser/chrome/views/browser_platform_delegate_chrome_views.cc b/libcef/browser/chrome/views/browser_platform_delegate_chrome_views.cc
index 7057fcf0d..a677c0889 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/chrome/views/browser_platform_delegate_chrome_views.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser/chrome/views/browser_platform_delegate_chrome_views.cc
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ void CefBrowserPlatformDelegateChromeViews::BrowserDestroyed(
   CefBrowserPlatformDelegateChrome::BrowserDestroyed(browser);
   // |browser_view_| may be destroyed before this callback arrives.
   if (browser_view_) {
+    CefRefPtr<CefWindow> window = browser_view_->GetWindow();
+    if (window) {
+      CefRefPtr<CefViewDelegate> delegate = window->GetDelegate();
+      if (delegate)
+        delegate->ClearNativeDelegate();
+    }
     browser_view_->BrowserDestroyed(browser);
   }
   browser_view_ = nullptr;
diff --git a/libcef/browser/chrome/views/chrome_child_window.cc b/libcef/browser/chrome/views/chrome_child_window.cc
index dee8c9894..5a6bb0efa 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/chrome/views/chrome_child_window.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser/chrome/views/chrome_child_window.cc
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ class ChildWindowDelegate : public CefWindowDelegate {
   void OnWindowDestroyed(CefRefPtr<CefWindow> window) override {
     browser_view_ = nullptr;
     window_ = nullptr;
-#if BUILDFLAG(IS_WIN)
+    native_delegate_ = nullptr;
+  }
+
+  void ClearNativeDelegate() override {
+#if defined(USE_AURA)
     native_delegate_ = nullptr;
 #endif
   }