diff --git a/ui/aura/window.cc b/ui/aura/window.cc
index c61f31605f309..81923cf2a2d13 100644
--- a/ui/aura/window.cc
+++ b/ui/aura/window.cc
@@ -184,10 +184,20 @@ class ScopedCursorHider {
     // Update the device scale factor of the cursor client only when the last
     // mouse location is on this root window.
     if (hid_cursor_) {
+      // On X11, GetDisplayNearestWindow() reaches
+      // X11Window::GetBoundsInPixels() which may synchronously dispatch
+      // pending X events and destroy the root window (and with it the
+      // CursorClient it owns). Guard against that by tracking |window_| and
+      // re-resolving the CursorClient after the call returns.
+      WindowTracker tracker;
+      tracker.Add(window_);
+      const display::Display& display =
+          display::Screen::Get()->GetDisplayNearestWindow(window_);
+      if (tracker.windows().empty()) {
+        return;
+      }
       client::CursorClient* cursor_client = client::GetCursorClient(window_);
       if (cursor_client) {
-        const display::Display& display =
-            display::Screen::Get()->GetDisplayNearestWindow(window_);
         cursor_client->SetDisplay(display);
         cursor_client->ShowCursor();
       }