diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 43ce556264..4d449ed9c3 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -635,8 +635,16 @@ bool WebContents::OnMessageReceived(const IPC::Message& message) {
 void WebContents::WebContentsDestroyed() {
   // The RenderViewDeleted was not called when the WebContents is destroyed.
   RenderViewDeleted(web_contents()->GetRenderViewHost());
-  Emit("destroyed");
   RemoveFromWeakMap();
+
+  // We can not call Destroy here because we need to call Emit first, but we
+  // also do not want any method to be used, so just mark as destroyed here.
+  MarkDestroyed();
+
+  Emit("destroyed");
+
+  // Destroy the native class in next tick.
+  base::MessageLoop::current()->PostTask(FROM_HERE, GetDestroyClosure());
 }
 
 void WebContents::NavigationEntryCommitted(
diff --git a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.coffee b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.coffee
index 38c8217041..724f149cd9 100644
--- a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.coffee
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ describe 'browser-window module', ->
         done()
       w.loadURL 'file://' + path.join(fixtures, 'api', 'close-beforeunload-false.html')
 
+  describe 'BrowserWindow.destroy()', ->
+    it 'prevents users to access methods of webContents', ->
+      webContents = w.webContents
+      w.destroy()
+      assert.throws (-> webContents.getId()), /Object has been destroyed/
+
   describe 'BrowserWindow.loadURL(url)', ->
     it 'should emit did-start-loading event', (done) ->
       w.webContents.on 'did-start-loading', ->