diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Object.cpp b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Object.cpp
index 54ec69a9a19..f448f37474a 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Object.cpp
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Object.cpp
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ void AwtObject::_Dispose(jobject self)
 
     CriticalSection::Lock l(AwtToolkit::GetInstance().GetSyncCS());
 
+    JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv *)JNU_GetEnv(jvm, JNI_VERSION_1_2);
+    jobject selfGlobalRef = env->NewGlobalRef(self);
+
     // value 0 of lParam means that we should not attempt to enter the
     // SyncCall critical section, as it was entered someshere earlier
-    AwtToolkit::GetInstance().SendMessage(WM_AWT_DISPOSE, (WPARAM)self, (LPARAM)0);
+    AwtToolkit::GetInstance().SendMessage(WM_AWT_DISPOSE, (WPARAM)selfGlobalRef, (LPARAM)0);
 
     CATCH_BAD_ALLOC;
 }
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Toolkit.cpp b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Toolkit.cpp
index d010d6b130c..0329e950f62 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Toolkit.cpp
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Toolkit.cpp
@@ -741,7 +741,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK AwtToolkit::WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message,
           }
           if (canDispose) {
               if(wParam != NULL) {
-                  AwtObject *o = (AwtObject *) JNI_GET_PDATA((jobject)wParam);
+                  jobject self = (jobject)wParam;
+                  AwtObject *o = (AwtObject *) JNI_GET_PDATA(self);
+                  env->DeleteGlobalRef(self);
                   if(o != NULL && theAwtObjectList.Remove(o)) {
                       o->Dispose();
                   }