diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_ews.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_ews.c
index 2ff403d37b..c012990d2b 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_ews.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_ews.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ static void
 _ecore_evas_ews_cb_focus_out(void *data, Evas *e __UNUSED__, Evas_Object *obj __UNUSED__, void *event_info __UNUSED__)
 {
    Ecore_Evas *ee = data;
+   if (ee->deleted) return;
    ecore_evas_focus_set(ee, EINA_FALSE);
 }