diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qrasterwindow.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qrasterwindow.cpp
index d8d448249e..73871e0f39 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qrasterwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qrasterwindow.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ QRasterWindow::QRasterWindow(QWindow *parent)
     d_func()->backingstore.reset(new QBackingStore(this));
 }
 
+QRasterWindow::~QRasterWindow()
+{
+  Q_D(QRasterWindow);
+  // Delete backingstore while window is still alive, as it
+  // might need to reference the window in the process
+  d->backingstore.reset(nullptr);
+}
+
 /*!
   \internal
 */
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qrasterwindow.h b/src/gui/kernel/qrasterwindow.h
index 76312bcda2..9b29183ad6 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qrasterwindow.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qrasterwindow.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class Q_GUI_EXPORT QRasterWindow : public QPaintDeviceWindow
 
 public:
     explicit QRasterWindow(QWindow *parent = Q_NULLPTR);
+    ~QRasterWindow();
 
 protected:
     int metric(PaintDeviceMetric metric) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;