diff --git a/code/modules/recycling/disposal.dm b/code/modules/recycling/disposal.dm
index 9cc426aed0e..8ad2ae929af 100644
--- a/code/modules/recycling/disposal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/recycling/disposal.dm
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 			V.show_message("[usr] starts stuffing [target.name] into the disposal.", 3)
 	if(!do_after(usr, 20, target = target))
 		return
-	if(target_loc != target.loc)
+	if(QDELETED(src) || target_loc != target.loc)
 		return
 	if(target == user && !user.stat && !user.IsWeakened() && !user.stunned && !user.paralysis)	// if drop self, then climbed in
 											// must be awake, not stunned or whatever