diff --git a/src/nvim/window.c b/src/nvim/window.c
index 65012f8564..9c27ff2857 100644
--- a/src/nvim/window.c
+++ b/src/nvim/window.c
@@ -5719,6 +5719,21 @@ void may_trigger_win_scrolled_resized(void)
 
   recursive = true;
 
+  // Save window info before autocmds since they can free windows
+  char resize_winid[NUMBUFLEN];
+  bufref_T resize_bufref;
+  if (trigger_resize) {
+    vim_snprintf(resize_winid, sizeof(resize_winid), "%d", first_size_win->handle);
+    set_bufref(&resize_bufref, first_size_win->w_buffer);
+  }
+
+  char scroll_winid[NUMBUFLEN];
+  bufref_T scroll_bufref;
+  if (trigger_scroll) {
+    vim_snprintf(scroll_winid, sizeof(scroll_winid), "%d", first_scroll_win->handle);
+    set_bufref(&scroll_bufref, first_scroll_win->w_buffer);
+  }
+
   // If both are to be triggered do WinResized first.
   if (trigger_resize) {
     save_v_event_T save_v_event;
@@ -5726,10 +5741,8 @@ void may_trigger_win_scrolled_resized(void)
 
     if (tv_dict_add_list(v_event, S_LEN("windows"), windows_list) == OK) {
       tv_dict_set_keys_readonly(v_event);
-
-      char winid[NUMBUFLEN];
-      vim_snprintf(winid, sizeof(winid), "%d", first_size_win->handle);
-      apply_autocmds(EVENT_WINRESIZED, winid, winid, false, first_size_win->w_buffer);
+      buf_T *buf = bufref_valid(&resize_bufref) ? resize_bufref.br_buf : curbuf;
+      apply_autocmds(EVENT_WINRESIZED, resize_winid, resize_winid, false, buf);
     }
     restore_v_event(v_event, &save_v_event);
   }
@@ -5743,9 +5756,8 @@ void may_trigger_win_scrolled_resized(void)
     tv_dict_set_keys_readonly(v_event);
     tv_dict_unref(scroll_dict);
 
-    char winid[NUMBUFLEN];
-    vim_snprintf(winid, sizeof(winid), "%d", first_scroll_win->handle);
-    apply_autocmds(EVENT_WINSCROLLED, winid, winid, false, first_scroll_win->w_buffer);
+    buf_T *buf = bufref_valid(&scroll_bufref) ? scroll_bufref.br_buf : curbuf;
+    apply_autocmds(EVENT_WINSCROLLED, scroll_winid, scroll_winid, false, buf);
 
     restore_v_event(v_event, &save_v_event);
   }
diff --git a/test/functional/autocmd/win_scrolled_resized_spec.lua b/test/functional/autocmd/win_scrolled_resized_spec.lua
index 23de83e3dc..4876420552 100644
--- a/test/functional/autocmd/win_scrolled_resized_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/autocmd/win_scrolled_resized_spec.lua
@@ -349,4 +349,54 @@ describe('WinScrolled', function()
       [winid_str] = { leftcol = 0, topline = -3, topfill = 0, width = 0, height = 0, skipcol = 0 },
     }, eval('g:v_event'))
   end)
+
+  it('does not crash when WinResized closes popup before WinScrolled #35803', function()
+    exec([[
+      set scrolloff=0
+      call setline(1, range(1, 100))
+
+      " Create first popup window (will be resized and closed)
+      let buf1 = nvim_create_buf(v:false, v:true)
+      call nvim_buf_set_lines(buf1, 0, -1, v:false, map(range(1, 50), 'string(v:val)'))
+      let popup1 = nvim_open_win(buf1, v:false, {
+        \ 'relative': 'editor',
+        \ 'width': 20,
+        \ 'height': 5,
+        \ 'col': 10,
+        \ 'row': 5
+        \ })
+
+      " Create second popup window (will be scrolled)
+      let buf2 = nvim_create_buf(v:false, v:true)
+      call nvim_buf_set_lines(buf2, 0, -1, v:false, map(range(1, 50), 'string(v:val)'))
+      let popup2 = nvim_open_win(buf2, v:false, {
+        \ 'relative': 'editor',
+        \ 'width': 20,
+        \ 'height': 5,
+        \ 'col': 35,
+        \ 'row': 5
+        \ })
+
+      let g:resized = 0
+      let g:scrolled = 0
+
+      " WinResized autocmd resizes and closes the first popup
+      autocmd WinResized * let g:resized += 1 | call nvim_win_set_height(popup1, 10) | call nvim_win_close(popup1, v:true)
+      " WinScrolled autocmd scrolls the second popup
+      autocmd WinScrolled * let g:scrolled += 1 | call nvim_win_call(popup2, {-> execute('normal! \<C-E>')})
+    ]])
+    eq(0, eval('g:resized'))
+    eq(0, eval('g:scrolled'))
+
+    -- Trigger a resize on popup1, which will close it
+    -- This should trigger WinResized (which closes popup1) and WinScrolled (which scrolls popup2)
+    -- Before the fix, WinScrolled would use the freed pointer causing a crash
+    api.nvim_win_set_height(eval('popup1'), 8)
+
+    -- The key is that it should not crash when WinResized closes a window
+    -- that WinScrolled might have referenced via a stale buf_T pointer
+    assert_alive()
+    -- Verify autocmds were actually triggered
+    eq(1, eval('g:resized > 0'))
+  end)
 end)