diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Utils/BindingEvaluator.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Utils/BindingEvaluator.cs
index c67799eae5..00d9a71513 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Utils/BindingEvaluator.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Utils/BindingEvaluator.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ internal sealed class BindingEvaluator<T> : StyledElement, IDisposable
     }
 
     public void ClearDataContext()
-        => DataContext = this;
+        => DataContext = null;
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Utils/BindingEvaluatorTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Utils/BindingEvaluatorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41fb225353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Utils/BindingEvaluatorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#nullable enable
+
+using Avalonia.Controls.Utils;
+using Avalonia.UnitTests;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests.Utils;
+
+public class BindingEvaluatorTests : ScopedTestBase
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void ClearDataContext_Sets_DataContext_To_Null()
+    {
+        var evaluator = new BindingEvaluator<string?>();
+        evaluator.Evaluate("foo");
+        Assert.Equal("foo", evaluator.DataContext);
+
+        evaluator.ClearDataContext();
+        Assert.Null(evaluator.DataContext);
+    }
+}