diff --git a/spec/api-ipc-spec.js b/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
index 4d368134469b..9cb3a4c5069b 100644
--- a/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
@@ -517,4 +517,19 @@ describe('ipc module', function () {
     ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('test-event')
     assert.equal(ipcRenderer.listenerCount('test-event'), 0)
   })
+
+  describe('remote objects registry', function () {
+    it('does not dereference until the render view is deleted (regression)', function (done) {
+      w = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: true
+      })
+
+      ipcMain.once('error-message', (event, message) => {
+        assert(message.startsWith('Cannot call function \'getURL\' on missing remote object'), message)
+        done()
+      })
+
+      w.loadURL('file://' + path.join(fixtures, 'api', 'render-view-deleted.html'))
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/api/render-view-deleted.html b/spec/fixtures/api/render-view-deleted.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfc281eb4298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/api/render-view-deleted.html
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <title></title>
+    <script>
+      const {ipcRenderer, remote} = require('electron')
+
+      const contents = remote.getCurrentWebContents()
+
+      // This should not trigger a dereference and a remote getURL call should not fail
+      contents.emit('render-view-deleted', {}, 'not-a-process-id')
+      try {
+        contents.getURL()
+      } catch (error) {
+        ipcRenderer.send('error-message', 'Unexpected error on getURL call')
+      }
+
+      // This should trigger a dereference and a remote getURL call should fail
+      contents.emit('render-view-deleted', {}, contents.getProcessId())
+      try {
+        contents.getURL()
+        ipcRenderer.send('error-message', 'No error thrown')
+      } catch (error) {
+        ipcRenderer.send('error-message', error.message)
+      }
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+
+  </body>
+</html>
