diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3bd13e24ce8..be6973dff4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ Passing an owned value `window` to `Surface` will return a `Surface<'static>`. S
 - `BufferMappedRange` trait is now `WasmNotSendSync`, i.e. it is `Send`/`Sync` if not on wasm or `fragile-send-sync-non-atomic-wasm` is enabled. By @wumpf in [#4818](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/4818)
 - Align `wgpu_types::CompositeAlphaMode` serde serialization to spec. By @littledivy in [#4940](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/4940)
 - Fix error message of `ConfigureSurfaceError::TooLarge`. By @Dinnerbone in [#4960](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/4960)
+- Fix dropping of `DeviceLostCallbackC` params. By @bradwerth in [#5032](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/5032)
 
 #### DX12
 
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs b/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
index bb0afedafc5..10e8f401415 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ impl DeviceLostClosure {
     ///
     /// - Both pointers must point to `'static` data, as the callback may happen at
     ///   an unspecified time.
-    pub unsafe fn from_c(closure: DeviceLostClosureC) -> Self {
+    pub unsafe fn from_c(mut closure: DeviceLostClosureC) -> Self {
         // Build an inner with the values from closure, ensuring that
         // inner.called is false.
         let inner = DeviceLostClosureC {
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ impl DeviceLostClosure {
             user_data: closure.user_data,
             called: false,
         };
+
+        // Mark the original closure as called, so we can safely drop it.
+        closure.called = true;
+
         Self {
             inner: DeviceLostClosureInner::C { inner },
         }