diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/timer.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/timer.dm
index 6d7ad339d5f..2bc6c40cfe8 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/timer.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/timer.dm
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ var/datum/subsystem/timer/SStimer
 			prev.next = null
 		if (next && next.prev == src)
 			next.prev = null
-
+	next = null
+	prev = null
 	return QDEL_HINT_IWILLGC
 
 proc/addtimer(datum/callback/callback, wait, flags)
@@ -335,4 +336,4 @@ proc/addtimer(datum/callback/callback, wait, flags)
 
 
 #undef BUCKET_LEN
-#undef BUCKET_POS
\ No newline at end of file
+#undef BUCKET_POS