diff --git a/src/dawn/native/Adapter.cpp b/src/dawn/native/Adapter.cpp
index 376956c7a5..0a6d93eac1 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/Adapter.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/native/Adapter.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ MaybeError AdapterBase::Initialize() {
 InstanceBase* AdapterBase::APIGetInstance() const {
     auto instance = GetInstance();
     ASSERT(instance != nullptr);
-    instance->Reference();
+    instance->APIReference();
     return instance;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dawn/tests/end2end/AdapterDiscoveryTests.cpp b/src/dawn/tests/end2end/AdapterDiscoveryTests.cpp
index 7f3669a4fe..17c175204b 100644
--- a/src/dawn/tests/end2end/AdapterDiscoveryTests.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/tests/end2end/AdapterDiscoveryTests.cpp
@@ -335,4 +335,21 @@ TEST_F(AdapterCreationTest, PreferLowPower) {
     }
 }
 
+// Test that GetInstance() returns the correct Instance.
+TEST_F(AdapterCreationTest, GetInstance) {
+    wgpu::RequestAdapterOptions options = {};
+
+    MockCallback<WGPURequestAdapterCallback> cb;
+
+    WGPUAdapter cAdapter = nullptr;
+    EXPECT_CALL(cb, Call(WGPURequestAdapterStatus_Success, _, nullptr, this))
+        .WillOnce(SaveArg<1>(&cAdapter));
+    instance.RequestAdapter(&options, cb.Callback(), cb.MakeUserdata(this));
+
+    wgpu::Adapter adapter = wgpu::Adapter::Acquire(cAdapter);
+    EXPECT_EQ(adapter != nullptr, anyAdapterAvailable);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(adapter.GetInstance().Get(), instance.Get());
+}
+
 }  // anonymous namespace