diff --git a/src/Daemon/BaseDaemon.cpp b/src/Daemon/BaseDaemon.cpp
index 1bdf811b5889..fdffca9b4ef8 100644
--- a/src/Daemon/BaseDaemon.cpp
+++ b/src/Daemon/BaseDaemon.cpp
@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@ BaseDaemon::~BaseDaemon()
         }
 
     signal_pipe.close();
+
+    SentryWriter::resetInstance();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Daemon/SentryWriter.cpp b/src/Daemon/SentryWriter.cpp
index f0f29053088c..9479dd65730c 100644
--- a/src/Daemon/SentryWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/Daemon/SentryWriter.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ SentryWriter * SentryWriter::getInstance()
 {
     return SentryWriter::instance.get();
 }
+void SentryWriter::resetInstance()
+{
+    SentryWriter::instance.reset();
+}
 
 SentryWriter::SentryWriter(Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration & config)
 {
@@ -254,6 +258,7 @@ void SentryWriter::sendError(Type type, int sig_or_error, const std::string & er
 
 void SentryWriter::initializeInstance(Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration &) {}
 SentryWriter * SentryWriter::getInstance() { return nullptr; }
+void SentryWriter::resetInstance() {}
 
 SentryWriter::SentryWriter(Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration &) {}
 SentryWriter::~SentryWriter() = default;
diff --git a/src/Daemon/SentryWriter.h b/src/Daemon/SentryWriter.h
index ad23c3e5e550..231c8f700475 100644
--- a/src/Daemon/SentryWriter.h
+++ b/src/Daemon/SentryWriter.h
@@ -22,9 +22,16 @@ class SentryWriter
 
     /// Initialize static SentryWriter instance
     static void initializeInstance(Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration & config);
+
     /// @return nullptr if initializeInstance() was not called (i.e. for non-server) or SentryWriter object
     static SentryWriter * getInstance();
 
+    /// SentryWriter static instance should be reset explicitly to avoid
+    /// possible use-after-free, since it may use some global objects (i.e.
+    /// OpenSSL), while sending final statistics
+    /// (SENTRY_SESSION_STATUS_EXITED).
+    static void resetInstance();
+
     void onSignal(
         int sig,
         const std::string & error_message,