diff --git a/code/datums/components/_component.dm b/code/datums/components/_component.dm
index 2e177c8ff3..781a76f20f 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/_component.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/_component.dm
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 /datum/component/Destroy(force=FALSE, silent=FALSE)
 	if(!force && parent)
 		_RemoveFromParent()
-	if(!silent)
+	if(parent && !silent) //CHOMPEdit
 		SEND_SIGNAL(parent, COMSIG_COMPONENT_REMOVING, src)
 	parent = null
 	return ..()