diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_object.cpp b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_object.cpp
index d4df341..dbf9a01 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_object.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_object.cpp
@@ -32,16 +32,33 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 egl_object_t::egl_object_t(egl_display_t* disp) :
-    display(disp), terminated(0), count(1) {
+    display(disp), count(1) {
+    // NOTE: this does an implicit incRef
     display->addObject(this);
 }
 
-bool egl_object_t::get() {
-    return display->getObject(this);
+egl_object_t::~egl_object_t() {
 }
 
-bool egl_object_t::put() {
-    return display->removeObject(this);
+void egl_object_t::terminate() {
+    // this marks the object as "terminated"
+    display->removeObject(this);
+    if (decRef() == 1) {
+        // shouldn't happen because this is called from LocalRef
+        LOGE("egl_object_t::terminate() removed the last reference!");
+    }
+}
+
+void egl_object_t::destroy() {
+    if (decRef() == 1) {
+        delete this;
+    }
+}
+
+bool egl_object_t::get() {
+    // used by LocalRef, this does an incRef() atomically with
+    // checking that the object is valid.
+    return display->getObject(this);
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------