diff --git a/services/mediaresourcemanager/ResourceManagerService.cpp b/services/mediaresourcemanager/ResourceManagerService.cpp
index ff45c87..3d36f8e 100644
--- a/services/mediaresourcemanager/ResourceManagerService.cpp
+++ b/services/mediaresourcemanager/ResourceManagerService.cpp
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@
         ALOGW("ResourceManagerService is dead as well.");
         return;
     }
-    service->removeResource(mPid, mClientId, false);
 
     service->overridePid(mPid, -1);
+    // thiz is freed in the call below, so it must be last call referring thiz
+    service->removeResource(mPid, mClientId, false);
+
 }
 
 template <typename T>