diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
index 80222d38a9..c13fb8566b 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ PacketReceiver::PacketReceiver(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent) {
 }
 
 bool PacketReceiver::ListenerReference::invokeWithQt(const QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>& receivedMessagePointer, const QSharedPointer<Node>& sourceNode) {
+    ListenerReferencePointer thisPointer = sharedFromThis();
     return QMetaObject::invokeMethod(getObject(), [=]() {
-        this->invokeDirectly(receivedMessagePointer, sourceNode);
+        thisPointer->invokeDirectly(receivedMessagePointer, sourceNode);
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.h b/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.h
index 0bed88cff9..071638cda9 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <QtCore/QObject>
 #include <QtCore/QPointer>
 #include <QtCore/QSet>
+#include <QtCore/QSharedPointer>
+#include <QtCore/QEnableSharedFromThis>
 
 #include "NLPacket.h"
 #include "NLPacketList.h"
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ namespace std {
 class PacketReceiver : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    class ListenerReference {
+    class ListenerReference : public QEnableSharedFromThis<ListenerReference> {
     public:
         virtual bool invokeDirectly(const QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>& receivedMessagePointer, const QSharedPointer<Node>& sourceNode) = 0;
         bool invokeWithQt(const QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>& receivedMessagePointer, const QSharedPointer<Node>& sourceNode);