diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_internal.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_internal.dm
index eced9ff528..41bbba6a7a 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_internal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_internal.dm
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@
 
 /obj/item/organ/Destroy()
 	if(owner)
-		Remove(owner)
+		// The special flag is important, because otherwise mobs can die
+		// while undergoing transformation into different mobs.
+		Remove(owner, special=TRUE)
 	return ..()
 
 /obj/item/organ/attack(mob/living/carbon/M, mob/user)