diff --git a/libcef/browser_drag_delegate_win.cc b/libcef/browser_drag_delegate_win.cc
index 075e4c939..339ff648e 100644
--- a/libcef/browser_drag_delegate_win.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser_drag_delegate_win.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ void BrowserDragDelegate::StartDragging(const WebDropData& drop_data,
   // If it is not drag-out, do the drag-and-drop in the current UI thread.
   if (drop_data.download_metadata.empty()) {
     DoDragging(drop_data, ops, page_url, page_encoding, image, image_offset);
-    EndDragging(false);
+    CefThread::PostTask(
+        CefThread::UI, FROM_HERE,
+        base::Bind(&BrowserDragDelegate::EndDragging, this, false));
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/libcef/browser_impl_win.cc b/libcef/browser_impl_win.cc
index 909e0c35b..0b4e6e015 100644
--- a/libcef/browser_impl_win.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser_impl_win.cc
@@ -88,8 +88,15 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK CefBrowserImpl::WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message,
       // Clear the user data pointer.
       ui::SetWindowUserData(hwnd, NULL);
 
-      // Destroy the browser.
-      browser->UIT_DestroyBrowser();
+      BrowserWebViewDelegate* delegate = browser->UIT_GetWebViewDelegate();
+      if (delegate && delegate->drag_delegate()) {
+        // Don't destroy the browser while a drag operation is pending. Instead,
+        // destroy the browser once the drag operation completes.
+        delegate->set_destroy_on_drag_end(true);
+      } else {
+        // Destroy the browser.
+        browser->UIT_DestroyBrowser();
+      }
     }
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/libcef/browser_webview_delegate.cc b/libcef/browser_webview_delegate.cc
index 9f3fdf9a7..896ce87d0 100644
--- a/libcef/browser_webview_delegate.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser_webview_delegate.cc
@@ -1003,6 +1003,9 @@ BrowserWebViewDelegate::BrowserWebViewDelegate(CefBrowserImpl* browser)
       browser_(browser),
       page_id_(-1),
       last_page_id_updated_(-1),
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+      destroy_on_drag_end_(false),
+#endif
       smart_insert_delete_enabled_(true),
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
       select_trailing_whitespace_enabled_(true),
diff --git a/libcef/browser_webview_delegate.h b/libcef/browser_webview_delegate.h
index 312d4c9b0..ad28785fd 100644
--- a/libcef/browser_webview_delegate.h
+++ b/libcef/browser_webview_delegate.h
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ class BrowserWebViewDelegate : public WebKit::WebViewClient,
 
   BrowserDragDelegate* drag_delegate() { return drag_delegate_.get(); }
   WebDropTarget* drop_target() { return drop_target_.get(); }
-#endif
+
+  void set_destroy_on_drag_end(bool val) { destroy_on_drag_end_ = val; }
+#endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
 
   void set_pending_extra_data(BrowserExtraData* extra_data) {
     pending_extra_data_.reset(extra_data);
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@ class BrowserWebViewDelegate : public WebKit::WebViewClient,
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
   // Classes needed by drag and drop.
   scoped_refptr<BrowserDragDelegate> drag_delegate_;
+  bool destroy_on_drag_end_;
 #endif
 #if defined(OS_WIN) || defined(OS_LINUX)
   scoped_refptr<WebDropTarget> drop_target_;
diff --git a/libcef/browser_webview_delegate_win.cc b/libcef/browser_webview_delegate_win.cc
index de0f779f6..cc061c5b7 100644
--- a/libcef/browser_webview_delegate_win.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser_webview_delegate_win.cc
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ void BrowserWebViewDelegate::EndDragging() {
   if (browser_->UIT_GetWebView())
     browser_->UIT_GetWebView()->dragSourceSystemDragEnded();
   drag_delegate_ = NULL;
+
+  if (destroy_on_drag_end_)
+    browser_->UIT_DestroyBrowser();
 }
 
 void BrowserWebViewDelegate::ShowJavaScriptAlert(WebFrame* webframe,
diff --git a/libcef/webwidget_host_win.cc b/libcef/webwidget_host_win.cc
index 92db81b66..15810f6e2 100644
--- a/libcef/webwidget_host_win.cc
+++ b/libcef/webwidget_host_win.cc
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ WebWidgetHost::~WebWidgetHost() {
 
   if (view_) {
     ui::SetWindowUserData(view_, 0);
-    ui::SetWindowProc(view_, DefWindowProc);
     view_ = NULL;
   }
 }