diff --git a/code/modules/organs/internal/species/machine/posibrain.dm b/code/modules/organs/internal/species/machine/posibrain.dm
index bf1e8f715a0..51b7e2af4b0 100644
--- a/code/modules/organs/internal/species/machine/posibrain.dm
+++ b/code/modules/organs/internal/species/machine/posibrain.dm
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	. = ..()
 	to_chat(owner, SPAN_MACHINE_DANGER(FONT_LARGE("Your damage failsafes activate; your thought processes grind to a halt as your consciousness is cut off from the exterior world. No sensation or external input reaches you anymore.")))
 	to_chat(owner, SPAN_DANGER(FONT_LARGE("You are now in an emergency low power mode, so that your posibrain can still survive despite your chassis being destroyed.")))
-	owner.mind.transfer_to(stored_mmi.brainmob)
+	owner?.mind?.transfer_to(stored_mmi.brainmob)
 
 /**
  * Helper proc to add fragmentation.
diff --git a/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-ipc-posibrain-fix.yml b/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-ipc-posibrain-fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb50bae7c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-ipc-posibrain-fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+author: Hellfirejag
+delete-after: True
+changes:
+  - bugfix: "Fixed a small lag spike caused by ownerless IPCs dying."