diff --git a/src/nvim/terminal.c b/src/nvim/terminal.c
index 01beaf0820..fb62202ac3 100644
--- a/src/nvim/terminal.c
+++ b/src/nvim/terminal.c
@@ -1350,8 +1350,11 @@ static int term_movecursor(VTermPos new_pos, VTermPos old_pos, int visible, void
 }
 
 static void buf_set_term_title(buf_T *buf, const char *title, size_t len)
-  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
 {
+  if (!buf) {
+    return;  // In case of receiving OSC 2 between buffer close and job exit.
+  }
+
   Error err = ERROR_INIT;
   dict_set_var(buf->b_vars,
                STATIC_CSTR_AS_STRING("term_title"),
@@ -1378,7 +1381,7 @@ static int term_settermprop(VTermProp prop, VTermValue *val, void *data)
     break;
 
   case VTERM_PROP_TITLE: {
-    buf_T *buf = handle_get_buffer(term->buf_handle);
+    buf_T *buf = handle_get_buffer(term->buf_handle);  // May be NULL
     VTermStringFragment frag = val->string;
 
     if (frag.initial && frag.final) {
diff --git a/test/functional/terminal/buffer_spec.lua b/test/functional/terminal/buffer_spec.lua
index 627103c655..48b2fcc601 100644
--- a/test/functional/terminal/buffer_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/terminal/buffer_spec.lua
@@ -431,6 +431,36 @@ describe(':terminal buffer', function()
     ]])
     eq('TermLeave bar false', exec_lua('return _G.last_event'))
   end)
+
+  it('no crash with race between buffer close and OSC 2', function()
+    skip(is_os('win'), 'tty-test cannot forward OSC 2 on Windows?')
+    exec_lua(function()
+      vim.api.nvim_chan_send(vim.bo.channel, '\027]2;SOME_TITLE\007')
+    end)
+    retry(nil, 4000, function()
+      eq('SOME_TITLE', api.nvim_buf_get_var(0, 'term_title'))
+    end)
+    screen:expect_unchanged()
+    --- @type string
+    local title_before_del = exec_lua(function()
+      vim.wait(10) -- Ensure there are no pending events.
+      vim.api.nvim_chan_send(vim.bo.channel, '\027]2;OTHER_TITLE\007')
+      vim.uv.run('once') -- Only process the pending write.
+      vim.uv.sleep(50) -- Block the event loop and wait for tty-test to forward OSC 2.
+      local term_title = vim.b.term_title
+      vim.api.nvim_buf_delete(0, { force = true })
+      vim.wait(10, nil, nil, true) -- Process fast events only.
+      return term_title
+    end)
+    -- Title isn't changed until the second vim.wait().
+    eq('SOME_TITLE', title_before_del)
+    screen:expect([[
+      ^                                                  |
+      {4:~                                                 }|*5
+                                                        |
+    ]])
+    assert_alive()
+  end)
 end)
 
 describe(':terminal buffer', function()