diff --git a/filter/source/pdf/pdfdialog.cxx b/filter/source/pdf/pdfdialog.cxx
index a1737a04d6f4..adba79f04ebe 100644
--- a/filter/source/pdf/pdfdialog.cxx
+++ b/filter/source/pdf/pdfdialog.cxx
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ void PDFDialog::executedDialog( sal_Int16 nExecutionResult )
 
 void PDFDialog::runAsync(const css::uno::Reference< css::ui::dialogs::XDialogClosedListener >& xListener)
 {
-    SfxTabDialogController::runAsync(m_xAsyncDialog, [this, xListener](sal_Int32 nResponse) {
-        rtl::Reference<PDFDialog> xThis(this); // keep alive for scope, dialogClosed can cause owner to drop this
-        executedAsyncDialog( m_xAsyncDialog, nResponse );
+    rtl::Reference<PDFDialog> xThis(this); // keep alive, 'this' may be droped otherwise
+    SfxTabDialogController::runAsync(m_xAsyncDialog, [xThis, xListener](sal_Int32 nResponse) {
+        xThis->executedAsyncDialog( xThis->m_xAsyncDialog, nResponse );
         css::ui::dialogs::DialogClosedEvent aEvent;
         aEvent.DialogResult = nResponse;
         xListener->dialogClosed( aEvent );
-        destroyAsyncDialog();
+        xThis->destroyAsyncDialog();
     });
 }