diff --git a/code/modules/mining/lavaland/tendril_loot.dm b/code/modules/mining/lavaland/tendril_loot.dm
index 2a14a1fb6e6..447c35e4a82 100644
--- a/code/modules/mining/lavaland/tendril_loot.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mining/lavaland/tendril_loot.dm
@@ -764,7 +764,9 @@
 	// Behead someone, their "glasses" drop on the floor
 	// and thus, the god eye should no longer be sticky
 	REMOVE_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_NODROP, EYE_OF_GOD_TRAIT)
-	scan_ability.Remove(user)
+	// And remove the scan ability, note that if we're being called from Destroy
+	// that this may already be nulled and removed
+	scan_ability?.Remove(user)
 
 /obj/item/clothing/glasses/godeye/proc/pain(mob/living/victim)
 	to_chat(victim, span_userdanger("You experience blinding pain, as [src] burrows into your skull."))