diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
index 727f5200ab..fd22623b42 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
@@ -989,7 +989,6 @@ ecore_con_event_server_del(Ecore_Con_Server *svr)
 
     svr->event_count = eina_list_append(svr->event_count, e);
     _ecore_con_server_timer_update(svr);
-    svr->delete_me = EINA_TRUE;
     e->server = svr;
     if (svr->ecs)
       {
@@ -1061,7 +1060,6 @@ ecore_con_event_client_add(Ecore_Con_Client *cl)
    cl->event_count = eina_list_append(cl->event_count, e);
    cl->host_server->event_count = eina_list_append(cl->host_server->event_count, e);
    _ecore_con_cl_timer_update(cl);
-   cl->delete_me = EINA_TRUE;
    e->client = cl;
    if (cl->upgrade) ev = ECORE_CON_EVENT_CLIENT_UPGRADE;
    ecore_event_add(ev, e,
@@ -2397,7 +2395,7 @@ _ecore_con_event_client_del_free(Ecore_Con_Server *svr,
              if ((!svr->event_count) && (svr->delete_me))
                _ecore_con_server_free(svr);
           }
-        if (!e->client->event_count)
+        if ((!e->client->event_count) && (e->client->delete_me))
           ecore_con_client_del(e->client);
      }
    ecore_con_event_client_del_free(e);
@@ -2489,7 +2487,7 @@ _ecore_con_event_server_del_free(void *data __UNUSED__,
    if (e->server)
      {
         e->server->event_count = eina_list_remove(e->server->event_count, ev);
-        if (!e->server->event_count)
+        if ((!e->server->event_count) && (e->server->delete_me))
           _ecore_con_server_free(e->server);
      }
    ecore_con_event_server_del_free(e);