diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/webcore/Worker.cpp b/src/bun.js/bindings/webcore/Worker.cpp
index 1e7626ce1b..a5767393c4 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/webcore/Worker.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/webcore/Worker.cpp
@@ -272,11 +272,11 @@ void Worker::terminate()
     // m_contextProxy.terminateWorkerGlobalScope();
     m_terminationFlags.fetch_or(TerminateRequestedFlag);
 
-    if (ScriptExecutionContext::getScriptExecutionContext(m_clientIdentifier)) {
-        auto* impl = lifecycleHandle_;
-        lifecycleHandle_ = nullptr;
-        WebWorkerLifecycleHandle__requestTermination(impl);
-    }
+    // if (ScriptExecutionContext::getScriptExecutionContext(m_clientIdentifier)) {
+        // auto* impl = lifecycleHandle_;
+        // lifecycleHandle_ = nullptr;
+        // WebWorkerLifecycleHandle__requestTermination(impl);
+    // }
 }
 
 // const char* Worker::activeDOMObjectName() const
diff --git a/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig b/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
index d9202314dd..87982931a9 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
@@ -448,6 +448,8 @@ fn unhandledError(this: *WebWorker, _: anyerror) void {
 }
 
 pub export fn WebWorkerLifecycleHandle__requestTermination(handle: *WebWorkerLifecycleHandle) void {
+    if (@intFromPtr(handle) == 0) return;
+
     handle.requestTermination();
 }
 
@@ -700,24 +702,25 @@ const WebWorkerLifecycleHandle = struct {
         } else {
             self.mutex.unlock();
             self.deref();
-            self.deinit();
         }
 
         self.deref();
     }
 
     pub fn onTermination(self: *WebWorkerLifecycleHandle) void {
+        self.ref();
         self.mutex.lock();
         if (self.requested_terminate.swap(false, .acquire)) {
             // we already requested to terminate, therefore this handle has
             // already been consumed on the other thread and we are able to free
             // it.
             self.mutex.unlock();
-            self.deinit();
+            self.deref();
             return;
         }
         self.worker = null;
         self.mutex.unlock();
+        self.deref();
     }
 };