diff --git a/test/js-native-api/test_reference_double_free/test_reference_double_free.c b/test/js-native-api/test_reference_double_free/test_reference_double_free.c
index 32f08c8e66adf1..f491d237fded3e 100644
--- a/test/js-native-api/test_reference_double_free/test_reference_double_free.c
+++ b/test/js-native-api/test_reference_double_free/test_reference_double_free.c
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ static napi_value New(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
 
 static void NoopDeleter(napi_env env, void* data, void* hint) {}
 
+// Tests that calling napi_remove_wrap and napi_delete_reference consecutively
+// doesn't crash the process.
+// This is analogous to the test https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/blob/main/test/objectwrap_constructor_exception.cc.
+// In which the Napi::ObjectWrap<> is being destructed immediately after napi_wrap.
+// As Napi::ObjectWrap<> is a subclass of Napi::Reference<>, napi_remove_wrap
+// in the destructor of Napi::ObjectWrap<> is called before napi_delete_reference
+// in the destructor of Napi::Reference<>.
 static napi_value DeleteImmediately(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
   size_t argc = 1;
   napi_value js_obj;
@@ -56,8 +63,8 @@ static napi_value DeleteImmediately(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
   NODE_API_ASSERT(env, type == napi_object, "Expected object parameter");
 
   NODE_API_CALL(env, napi_wrap(env, js_obj, NULL, NoopDeleter, NULL, &ref));
-  NODE_API_CALL(env, napi_delete_reference(env, ref));
   NODE_API_CALL(env, napi_remove_wrap(env, js_obj, NULL));
+  NODE_API_CALL(env, napi_delete_reference(env, ref));
 
   return NULL;
 }