diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/lifecycle.ts b/src/vs/base/common/lifecycle.ts
index 35c293adaf1d46c6e75faf4e06ec6385ebf573df..1a17d2a524f5689b6b5f8203ba33f728ace71c9f 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/lifecycle.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
  *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 'use strict';
 
+import { once } from 'vs/base/common/functional';
+
 export const empty: IDisposable = Object.freeze({
 	dispose() { }
 });
@@ -109,12 +112,12 @@ export abstract class ReferenceCollection<T> {
 		}
 
 		const { object } = reference;
-		const dispose = () => {
+		const dispose = once(() => {
 			if (--reference.counter === 0) {
 				this.destroyReferencedObject(reference.object);
 				delete this.references[key];
 			}
-		};
+		});
 
 		reference.counter++;