diff --git a/dom/media/MediaPromise.h b/dom/media/MediaPromise.h
index 2756844b5c..e7e9e1cebd 100644
--- a/dom/media/MediaPromise.h
+++ b/dom/media/MediaPromise.h
@@ -42,9 +42,18 @@ extern PRLogModuleInfo* gMediaPromiseLog;
  * When IsExclusive is true, the MediaPromise does a release-mode assertion that
  * there is at most one call to either Then(...) or ChainTo(...).
  */
+
+class MediaPromiseBase
+{
+public:
+  NS_INLINE_DECL_THREADSAFE_REFCOUNTING(MediaPromiseBase)
+protected:
+  virtual ~MediaPromiseBase() {}
+};
+
 template<typename T> class MediaPromiseHolder;
 template<typename ResolveValueT, typename RejectValueT, bool IsExclusive>
-class MediaPromise
+class MediaPromise : public MediaPromiseBase
 {
 public:
   typedef ResolveValueT ResolveValueType;
@@ -75,8 +84,6 @@ public:
     Maybe<RejectValueType> mRejectValue;
   };
 
-  NS_INLINE_DECL_THREADSAFE_REFCOUNTING(MediaPromise)
-
 protected:
   // MediaPromise is the public type, and never constructed directly. Construct
   // a MediaPromise::Private, defined below.
@@ -432,7 +439,7 @@ protected:
     }
   }
 
-  ~MediaPromise()
+  virtual ~MediaPromise()
   {
     PROMISE_LOG("MediaPromise::~MediaPromise [this=%p]", this);
     MOZ_ASSERT(!IsPending());