diff --git a/Libraries/LibThread/BackgroundAction.h b/Libraries/LibThread/BackgroundAction.h
index 9bc7224956aa0f..b7b5b0810c0d98 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibThread/BackgroundAction.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibThread/BackgroundAction.h
@@ -75,17 +75,17 @@ class BackgroundAction final : public Core::Object
     {
         LOCKER(all_actions().lock());
 
-        this->ref();
         all_actions().resource().enqueue([this] {
             m_result = m_action();
             if (m_on_complete) {
                 Core::EventLoop::current().post_event(*this, make<Core::DeferredInvocationEvent>([this](auto&) {
                     m_on_complete(m_result.release_value());
-                    this->unref();
+                    this->remove_from_parent();
                 }));
                 Core::EventLoop::wake();
-            } else
-                this->unref();
+            } else {
+                this->remove_from_parent();
+            }
         });
     }