diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Views/SpinnerView.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Views/SpinnerView.cs
index dccf19eec..6cd25d698 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Views/SpinnerView.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Views/SpinnerView.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 		{
 			if (_timeout != null) {
 				Application.MainLoop.RemoveTimeout (_timeout);
+				_timeout = null;
 			}
 
 			base.Dispose (disposing);