diff --git a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController/BrowserViewController+Onboarding.swift b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController/BrowserViewController+Onboarding.swift
index 163b3487dec..a6538ff6346 100644
--- a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController/BrowserViewController+Onboarding.swift
+++ b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController/BrowserViewController+Onboarding.swift
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ extension BrowserViewController {
       didDismiss()
     }
 
-    borderView.didClickBorderedArea = {
+    borderView.didClickBorderedArea = { [weak popover] in
       maskShape.removeFromSuperlayer()
       borderView.removeFromSuperview()
         
-      popover.dismissPopover() {
+      popover?.dismissPopover() {
         didClickBorderedArea()
       }
     }
diff --git a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/Browser/BrowserViewController+Playlist.swift b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/Browser/BrowserViewController+Playlist.swift
index 4e76e80d4b2..04c79a36a7e 100644
--- a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/Browser/BrowserViewController+Playlist.swift
+++ b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/Browser/BrowserViewController+Playlist.swift
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ extension BrowserViewController: PlaylistScriptHandlerDelegate, PlaylistFolderSh
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
           let model = OnboardingPlaylistModel()
           let popover = PopoverController(content: OnboardingPlaylistView(model: model))
-          popover.previewForOrigin = .init(view: self.topToolbar.locationView.playlistButton, action: { popover in
+          popover.previewForOrigin = .init(view: self.topToolbar.locationView.playlistButton, action: { [weak tab] popover in
             guard let item = tab?.playlistItem else {
               popover.dismissPopover()
               return
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ extension BrowserViewController: PlaylistScriptHandlerDelegate, PlaylistFolderSh
           })
           popover.present(from: self.topToolbar.locationView.playlistButton, on: self)
 
-          model.onboardingCompleted = {
-            popover.dismissPopover()
+          model.onboardingCompleted = { [weak tab, weak popover] in
+            popover?.dismissPopover()
             self.openPlaylist(tab: tab, item: tab?.playlistItem)
           }
         }