diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighterrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighterrunner.cpp
index efced82c5c4..e52fdbbecb8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighterrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighterrunner.cpp
@@ -266,10 +266,10 @@ ThreadedSyntaxHighlighterRunner::ThreadedSyntaxHighlighterRunner(SyntaxHighLight
 
 ThreadedSyntaxHighlighterRunner::~ThreadedSyntaxHighlighterRunner()
 {
-    d.release();
     m_thread.requestInterruption();
     m_thread.quit();
     m_thread.wait();
+    d.release();
 }
 
 } // namespace TextEditor