diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index c4c1e3fd24..672760b7d9 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - Fix wrong wxWindowsPrintNativeData initialization (Stefan Ziegler, #23685).
 - Fix position of wxStaticBox label after DPI change (Maarten Bent, #23740).
 - Fix background colour of empty cells in wxDataViewCtrl (#23708).
+- Fix possible (even if rare) crash in printer progress dialog (#23927).
 
 wxOSX:
 
diff --git a/src/msw/printwin.cpp b/src/msw/printwin.cpp
index cf644d3a8f..0cd213136a 100644
--- a/src/msw/printwin.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/printwin.cpp
@@ -425,12 +425,24 @@ BOOL CALLBACK wxAbortProc(HDC WXUNUSED(hdc), int WXUNUSED(error))
         return(TRUE);
 
     /* Process messages intended for the abort dialog box */
+    const HWND hwnd = GetHwndOf(wxPrinterBase::sm_abortWindow);
 
     while (!wxPrinterBase::sm_abortIt && ::PeekMessage(&msg, 0, 0, 0, TRUE))
-        if (!IsDialogMessage((HWND) wxPrinterBase::sm_abortWindow->GetHWND(), &msg)) {
+    {
+        // Apparently handling the message may, somehow, result in
+        // sm_abortWindow being destroyed, so guard against this happening.
+        if (!wxPrinterBase::sm_abortWindow)
+        {
+            wxLogDebug(wxS("Print abort dialog unexpected disappeared."));
+            return TRUE;
+        }
+
+        if (!IsDialogMessage(hwnd, &msg))
+        {
             TranslateMessage(&msg);
             DispatchMessage(&msg);
         }
+    }
 
     /* bAbort is TRUE (return is FALSE) if the user has aborted */