diff --git a/widget/cocoa/nsMenuItemIconX.h b/widget/cocoa/nsMenuItemIconX.h
index c9d908063f6d0..c2d3442cbb5d6 100644
--- a/widget/cocoa/nsMenuItemIconX.h
+++ b/widget/cocoa/nsMenuItemIconX.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 
 #include "mozilla/widget/IconLoader.h"
+#include "mozilla/WeakPtr.h"
 
 class nsIconLoaderService;
 class nsIURI;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class nsMenuItemIconX final : public mozilla::widget::IconLoader::Listener {
   Listener* mListener;  // [weak]
   nsIntRect mImageRegionRect;
   RefPtr<const mozilla::ComputedStyle> mComputedStyle;
-  RefPtr<nsPresContext> mPresContext;
+  mozilla::WeakPtr<nsPresContext> mPresContext;
   NSImage* mIconImage = nil;  // [strong]
   RefPtr<mozilla::widget::IconLoader> mIconLoader;
 };
diff --git a/widget/cocoa/nsMenuItemIconX.mm b/widget/cocoa/nsMenuItemIconX.mm
index 5954d4573625f..4beb04aef16af 100644
--- a/widget/cocoa/nsMenuItemIconX.mm
+++ b/widget/cocoa/nsMenuItemIconX.mm
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@
     [mIconImage release];
     mIconImage = nil;
   }
-
+  RefPtr<nsPresContext> pc = mPresContext.get();
   mIconImage = [[MOZIconHelper iconImageFromImageContainer:aImage
                                                   withSize:NSMakeSize(kIconSize, kIconSize)
-                                               presContext:mPresContext
+                                               presContext:pc
                                              computedStyle:mComputedStyle
                                                    subrect:mImageRegionRect
                                                scaleFactor:0.0f] retain];