diff --git a/chrome/browser/ui/views/tabs/dragging/tab_drag_controller.cc b/chrome/browser/ui/views/tabs/dragging/tab_drag_controller.cc
index 91e4ed439ae7b..ba49c8ff0403b 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/ui/views/tabs/dragging/tab_drag_controller.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/ui/views/tabs/dragging/tab_drag_controller.cc
@@ -1023,11 +1023,23 @@ TabDragController::Liveness TabDragController::DragBrowserToNewTabStrip(
 
 #if defined(USE_AURA)
   // Only Aura windows are gesture consumers.
-  gfx::NativeView attached_native_view =
-      GetAttachedBrowserWidget()->GetNativeView();
-  GetAttachedBrowserWidget()->GetGestureRecognizer()->TransferEventsTo(
-      attached_native_view, target_context->GetWidget()->GetNativeView(),
-      ui::TransferTouchesBehavior::kDontCancel);
+  {
+    auto ref = weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr();
+    base::WeakAutoReset<TabDragController, bool> reentrant_destruction_guard(
+        ref, &TabDragController::expect_stay_alive_, true);
+
+    gfx::NativeView attached_native_view =
+        GetAttachedBrowserWidget()->GetNativeView();
+    GetAttachedBrowserWidget()->GetGestureRecognizer()->TransferEventsTo(
+        attached_native_view, target_context->GetWidget()->GetNativeView(),
+        ui::TransferTouchesBehavior::kDontCancel);
+
+    // If `attached_context_` received a gesture end event, it will have ended
+    // the drag, destroying `this`. This shouldn't ever happen (preventing this
+    // scenario is why we pass kDontCancel above) - https://crbug.com/40060514.
+    CHECK(ref) << "Drag session was ended as part of transferring events to "
+                  "the new tab strip. This should not happen.";
+  }
 #endif
 
   if (current_state_ == DragState::kDraggingWindow) {