diff --git a/ui/views/widget/drop_helper.cc b/ui/views/widget/drop_helper.cc
index c03265c5a9900..10ec2ad0a0de9 100644
--- a/ui/views/widget/drop_helper.cc
+++ b/ui/views/widget/drop_helper.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "ui/base/dragdrop/os_exchange_data.h"
 #include "ui/compositor/layer_tree_owner.h"
 #include "ui/views/view.h"
+#include "ui/views/view_tracker.h"
 #include "ui/views/widget/widget.h"
 
 namespace views {
@@ -64,8 +65,12 @@ int DropHelper::OnDragOver(const OSExchangeData& data,
 
   if (view != target_view_) {
     // Target changed. Notify old drag exited, then new drag entered.
+    // The old target's OnDragExited() handler may synchronously destroy the
+    // view we just selected as the new target, so track it across the
+    // re-entrant dispatch and re-check liveness before storing/dereferencing.
+    ViewTracker new_target_tracker(view);
     NotifyDragExit();
-    target_view_ = view;
+    target_view_ = new_target_tracker.view();
     NotifyDragEntered(data, root_view_location, drag_operation);
   }