diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_regions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_regions.cc
index 0b3d01b7d8..697c46bba5 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_regions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_regions.cc
@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ EditorRegions::handle_new_regions (vector<boost::weak_ptr<Region> >& v)
 	add_regions (v);
 }
 
+void
+EditorRegions::region_hidden_weak (boost::weak_ptr<Region> wr)
+{
+	boost::shared_ptr<Region> r (wr.lock());
+
+	if (r) {
+		region_hidden (r);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 EditorRegions::region_hidden (boost::shared_ptr<Region> r)
 {
@@ -163,6 +173,7 @@ EditorRegions::region_hidden (boost::shared_ptr<Region> r)
 	redisplay ();
 }
 
+
 void
 EditorRegions::add_regions (vector<boost::weak_ptr<Region> >& regions)
 {
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_regions.h b/gtk2_ardour/editor_regions.h
index 5d0ba42425..cc031b141e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_regions.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_regions.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ private:
 	void add_region (boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>);
 	void add_regions (std::vector<boost::weak_ptr<ARDOUR::Region> > & );
 	void region_hidden (boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>);
+	void region_hidden_weak (boost::weak_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>);
 	void populate_row (boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>, Gtk::TreeModel::Row const &);
 	void update_row (boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>);
 	bool update_subrows (boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>, Gtk::TreeModel::Row const &, int);
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/streamview.cc b/gtk2_ardour/streamview.cc
index d3bbeb3532..6e3d62291d 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/streamview.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/streamview.cc
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ StreamView::add_region_view_weak (boost::weak_ptr<Region> r)
 void
 StreamView::add_region_view (boost::shared_ptr<Region> r)
 {
-	ENSURE_GUI_THREAD (bind (mem_fun (*this, &StreamView::add_region_view), r));
+	ENSURE_GUI_THREAD (bind (mem_fun (*this, &StreamView::add_region_view_weak), boost::weak_ptr<Region>(r)));
 
 	add_region_view_internal (r, true);