diff --git a/doc/ReleaseNotes b/doc/ReleaseNotes
index 376bbc8f63..83fe5b1bd5 100644
--- a/doc/ReleaseNotes
+++ b/doc/ReleaseNotes
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Recommended maintenance release.
 
 * Support building for macOS 11 "Big Sur" and "Apple Silicon" (arm64)
 * Fix a memory leak, particularly noticeable with multithreaded pipeline (#1077)
+* Fix crash on macOS when unplugging device with threading active (#1082)
 * Fix error with build_apps not working with certain versions of Python
 * Fix DirectEntry/PGEntry flickering in the multithreaded pipeline (#1070)
 * Fix sounds resuming on reactivation if stop() was called while inactive (#559)
diff --git a/panda/src/device/inputDeviceManager.cxx b/panda/src/device/inputDeviceManager.cxx
index 8cd470e271..9f4f81c833 100644
--- a/panda/src/device/inputDeviceManager.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/device/inputDeviceManager.cxx
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ add_device(InputDevice *device) {
  */
 void InputDeviceManager::
 remove_device(InputDevice *device) {
+  // We need to hold a reference, since remove_device decrements the refcount.
+  PT(InputDevice) device_ref = device;
   {
     LightMutexHolder holder(_lock);
     _connected_devices.remove_device(device);