diff --git a/src/component/component.ts b/src/component/component.ts
index dabf8897..01ce6511 100644
--- a/src/component/component.ts
+++ b/src/component/component.ts
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ export class Component<Props extends {} = any, T extends Env = Env> {
     if (currentFiber && !currentFiber.isRendered && !currentFiber.isCompleted) {
       return scheduler.addFiber(currentFiber.root);
     }
+
     // if we aren't mounted at this point, it implies that there is a
     // currentFiber that is already rendered (isRendered is true), so we are
     // about to be mounted
@@ -505,7 +506,6 @@ export class Component<Props extends {} = any, T extends Env = Env> {
     const __owl__ = this.__owl__;
 
     __owl__.status = STATUS.MOUNTED;
-    __owl__.currentFiber = null;
     this.mounted();
     if (__owl__.mountedCB) {
       __owl__.mountedCB();
diff --git a/src/component/fiber.ts b/src/component/fiber.ts
index 07150a91..9ad25c06 100644
--- a/src/component/fiber.ts
+++ b/src/component/fiber.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export class Fiber {
     // build patchQueue
     const patchQueue: Fiber[] = [];
     const doWork: (Fiber) => Fiber | null = function (f) {
+      f.component.__owl__.currentFiber = null;
       patchQueue.push(f);
       return f.child;
     };
@@ -255,10 +256,6 @@ export class Fiber {
           component.__owl__.pvnode!.elm = component.__owl__.vnode!.elm;
         }
       }
-      const compOwl = component.__owl__;
-      if (fiber === compOwl.currentFiber) {
-        compOwl.currentFiber = null;
-      }
     }
 
     // insert into the DOM (mount case)
diff --git a/tests/component/async.test.ts b/tests/component/async.test.ts
index 1425c558..74fdb451 100644
--- a/tests/component/async.test.ts
+++ b/tests/component/async.test.ts
@@ -1388,6 +1388,62 @@ describe("async rendering", () => {
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<span>4</span>");
   });
 
+  test("calling render in destroy", async () => {
+    let a: any = null;
+    let c: any = null;
+
+    class C extends Component {
+      static template = xml`
+        <div>
+          <t t-esc="props.fromA"/>
+        </div>`;
+    }
+
+    let flag = false;
+    class B extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<C fromA="props.fromA"/>`;
+      static components = { C };
+
+      setup() {
+        c = this;
+      }
+
+      mounted() {
+        if (flag) {
+          this.render();
+        } else {
+          flag = true;
+        }
+      }
+      willUnmount() {
+        c.render();
+      }
+    }
+
+    class A extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<B t-key="key" fromA="state"/>`;
+      static components = { B };
+      state = "a";
+      key = 1;
+
+      setup() {
+        a = this;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const parent = new A();
+    await parent.mount(fixture);
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>a</div>");
+
+    a.state = "A";
+    a.key = 2;
+    await a.render();
+    // this nextTick is critical, otherwise jest may silently swallow errors
+    await nextTick();
+
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>A</div>");
+  });
+
   test("change state and call manually render: no unnecessary rendering", async () => {
     class Widget extends Component {
       static template = xml`<div><t t-esc="state.val"/></div>`;