diff --git a/code/datums/brain_damage/severe.dm b/code/datums/brain_damage/severe.dm
index ffaf8f71857..84a49b8eeb2 100644
--- a/code/datums/brain_damage/severe.dm
+++ b/code/datums/brain_damage/severe.dm
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@
 	..()
 
 /datum/brain_trauma/severe/aphasia/on_lose()
-	owner.remove_blocked_language(subtypesof(/datum/language/), LANGUAGE_APHASIA)
-	owner.remove_language(/datum/language/aphasia, TRUE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_APHASIA)
+	if(!QDELING(owner))
+		owner.remove_blocked_language(subtypesof(/datum/language/), LANGUAGE_APHASIA)
+		owner.remove_language(/datum/language/aphasia, TRUE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_APHASIA)
+
 	..()
 
 /datum/brain_trauma/severe/blindness
diff --git a/code/game/atoms_movable.dm b/code/game/atoms_movable.dm
index 4a6f11af4d4..f12b1230da8 100644
--- a/code/game/atoms_movable.dm
+++ b/code/game/atoms_movable.dm
@@ -1447,6 +1447,10 @@
 
 /// Gets or creates the relevant language holder. For mindless atoms, gets the local one. For atom with mind, gets the mind one.
 /atom/movable/proc/get_language_holder(get_minds = TRUE)
+	if(QDELING(src))
+		CRASH("get_language_holder() called on a QDELing atom, \
+			this will try to re-instantiate the language holder that's about to be deleted, which is bad.")
+
 	if(!language_holder)
 		language_holder = new initial_language_holder(src)
 	return language_holder