diff --git a/Dalamud/Dalamud.cs b/Dalamud/Dalamud.cs
index 99b1c08e5..3ed3b2ef8 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Dalamud.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Dalamud.cs
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ namespace Dalamud {
         }
 
         public void Dispose() {
+            // this must be done before unloading plugins, or it can cause a race condition
+            // due to rendering happening on another thread, where a plugin might receive
+            // a render call after it has been disposed, which can crash if it attempts to
+            // use any resources that it freed in its own Dispose method
+            this.InterfaceManager.Dispose();
+
             try
             {
                 this.PluginManager.UnloadPlugins();
@@ -146,8 +152,6 @@ namespace Dalamud {
                 Log.Error(ex, "Plugin unload failed.");
             }
 
-            this.InterfaceManager.Dispose();
-
             this.Framework.Dispose();
             this.ClientState.Dispose();