diff --git a/chrome/browser/digital_credentials/digital_identity_provider_desktop.cc b/chrome/browser/digital_credentials/digital_identity_provider_desktop.cc
index 633288159d4df..0d7d1ea717922 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/digital_credentials/digital_identity_provider_desktop.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/digital_credentials/digital_identity_provider_desktop.cc
@@ -399,8 +399,16 @@ void DigitalIdentityProviderDesktop::EndRequestWithError(
     return;
   }
 
+  // `dialog_.reset()` synchronously closes the dialog widget which (via
+  // activation observers) may destroy the hosting WebContents and therefore
+  // `this` - see the matching guard in
+  // DigitalIdentityRequestImpl::CompleteRequestWithStatus. Move everything we
+  // still need onto the stack so `this` is not dereferenced afterwards.
+  DigitalIdentityCallback callback = std::move(callback_);
+
   bluetooth_manual_dialog_controller_.reset();
   dialog_.reset();
+  // `this` may be deleted at this point.
 
-  std::move(callback_).Run(base::unexpected(status));
+  std::move(callback).Run(base::unexpected(status));
 }