diff --git a/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread.cc b/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread.cc
index 3d761c5334..c3497a1b4b 100644
--- a/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread.cc
+++ b/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ MaybeWorkerThread::MaybeWorkerThread(const FieldTrialsView& field_trials,
 
 MaybeWorkerThread::~MaybeWorkerThread() {
   RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&sequence_checker_);
+
+  if (owned_task_queue_) {
+    // owned_task_queue_ must be a valid pointer when the task queue is
+    // destroyed since there may be tasks that use this object that run when the
+    // task queue is deleted.
+    owned_task_queue_->Delete();
+    owned_task_queue_.release();
+  }
 }
 
 void MaybeWorkerThread::RunSynchronous(absl::AnyInvocable<void() &&> task) {
diff --git a/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread.h b/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread.h
index 6d41ad5189..a93a173bf6 100644
--- a/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread.h
+++ b/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class RTC_LOCKABLE MaybeWorkerThread {
 
  private:
   SequenceChecker sequence_checker_;
-  const std::unique_ptr<TaskQueueBase, TaskQueueDeleter> owned_task_queue_;
+  std::unique_ptr<TaskQueueBase, TaskQueueDeleter> owned_task_queue_;
   TaskQueueBase* const worker_thread_;
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread_unittests.cc b/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread_unittests.cc
index ec051242e7..f6a981f90a 100644
--- a/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread_unittests.cc
+++ b/modules/utility/maybe_worker_thread_unittests.cc
@@ -137,5 +137,25 @@ TEST(MaybeWorkerThreadTest, IsCurrentBehavesCorrectInExperiment) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(event.Wait(TimeDelta::Seconds(10)));
 }
 
+TEST(MaybeWorkerThreadTest, IsCurrentCanBeCalledInDestructorPerDefault) {
+  test::ExplicitKeyValueConfig field_trial("");
+  RealTimeController controller;
+  {
+    MaybeWorkerThread m(field_trial, "test_tq",
+                        controller.GetTaskQueueFactory());
+    m.RunOrPost([&] { EXPECT_TRUE(m.IsCurrent()); });
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(MaybeWorkerThreadTest, IsCurrentCanBeCalledInDestructorInExperiment) {
+  test::ExplicitKeyValueConfig field_trial(kFieldTrialString);
+  RealTimeController controller;
+  {
+    MaybeWorkerThread m(field_trial, "test_tq",
+                        controller.GetTaskQueueFactory());
+    m.RunOrPost([&] { EXPECT_TRUE(m.IsCurrent()); });
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 }  // namespace webrtc