diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/ai/xeno_ai.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/ai/xeno_ai.dm
index 915475d3bf..30b501dafd 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/ai/xeno_ai.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/ai/xeno_ai.dm
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
 	var/datum/xeno_ai_movement/ai_movement_handler
 
+/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Destroy()
+	QDEL_NULL(ai_movement_handler)
+	return ..()
+
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ai_target_limbs, list(
 	"head",
 	"chest",