diff --git a/src/common/appcmn.cpp b/src/common/appcmn.cpp
index 516a0acf10..4cc829b673 100644
--- a/src/common/appcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/appcmn.cpp
@@ -366,11 +366,14 @@ void wxAppBase::DeletePendingObjects()
     {
         wxObject *obj = node->GetData();
 
-        delete obj;
-
-        if (wxPendingDelete.Member(obj))
+        // remove it from the list first so that if we get back here somehow
+        // during the object deletion (e.g. wxYield called from its dtor) we
+        // wouldn't try to delete it the second time
+        if ( wxPendingDelete.Member(obj) )
             wxPendingDelete.Erase(node);
 
+        delete obj;
+
         // Deleting one object may have deleted other pending
         // objects, so start from beginning of list again.
         node = wxPendingDelete.GetFirst();