diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index f64bc4e691..4eba8dbd67 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ All:
 - Add wxSocketBase::GetSocket() (Laurent Poujoulat).
 - Add IEEE 754 single/double precision support to wxDataStream classes (net147).
 - Add wxVector<>::const_reverse_iterator (troelsk).
+- Fix thread-safety issue in wxSharedPtr<> (plorkyeran).
 - Add Nepali translation (Him Prasad Gautam).
 
 All (GUI):
diff --git a/include/wx/sharedptr.h b/include/wx/sharedptr.h
index 279e29b3a3..290c610adc 100644
--- a/include/wx/sharedptr.h
+++ b/include/wx/sharedptr.h
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ private:
     {
         if (m_ref)
         {
-            wxAtomicDec( m_ref->m_count );
-            if (m_ref->m_count == 0)
+            if (!wxAtomicDec( m_ref->m_count ))
             {
                 delete m_ref->m_ptr;
                 delete m_ref;