diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index 1fc7565f7afac0185504805c4601dfbfae2973ed..a27b444e75c2d34227433e378fc1713ad17ee8b7 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ MainWindow::~MainWindow()
     {
         joystick->shutdown();
         joystick->wait(5000);
-        delete joystick;
+        joystick->deleteLater();
         joystick = NULL;
     }
 #endif