diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index cd777208f2..bf21503f6e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -1601,9 +1601,8 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::deleteExtra()
 #endif
         if (extra->topextra) {
             deleteTLSysExtra();
-            extra->topextra->backingStoreTracker.destroy();
+            // extra->topextra->backingStore destroyed in QWidgetPrivate::deleteTLSysExtra()
             delete extra->topextra->icon;
-            delete extra->topextra->backingStore;
             delete extra->topextra;
         }
         delete extra;
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_qpa.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_qpa.cpp
index a7dd6bf01c..04bf0be27f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_qpa.cpp
@@ -914,9 +914,13 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::deleteTLSysExtra()
             extra->topextra->window->destroy();
         }
         setWinId(0);
-        //hmmm. should we delete window..
         delete extra->topextra->window;
         extra->topextra->window = 0;
+
+        extra->topextra->backingStoreTracker.destroy();
+        delete extra->topextra->backingStore;
+        extra->topextra->backingStore = 0;
+
     }
 }