diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index 179d8744..eaedc222 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ protected function createCrawler(): PantherCrawler
         $this->start();
         $elements = $this->webDriver->findElements(WebDriverBy::cssSelector('html'));
 
-        return new PantherCrawler($elements, $this->webDriver, $this->webDriver->getCurrentURL());
+        return new PantherCrawler($elements, $this, $this->webDriver->getCurrentURL());
     }
 
     protected function doRequest($request)
diff --git a/tests/DomCrawler/CrawlerTest.php b/tests/DomCrawler/CrawlerTest.php
index 164878ab..3ed141ef 100644
--- a/tests/DomCrawler/CrawlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/DomCrawler/CrawlerTest.php
@@ -338,4 +338,15 @@ public function testDoNotNormalizeText(): void
 
         self::createPantherClient()->request('GET', self::$baseUri.'/normalize.html')->filter('#normalize')->text(null, false);
     }
+
+    public function testCrawlerStillWorksAfterClientDestruction(): void
+    {
+        $client = Client::createChromeClient();
+        self::startWebServer();
+
+        $crawler = $client->request('GET', self::$baseUri.'/basic.html');
+        unset($client);
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<title>A basic page</title>', $crawler->html());
+    }
 }