diff --git a/doc/component.md b/doc/component.md
index ea7328b4..797ad3d0 100644
--- a/doc/component.md
+++ b/doc/component.md
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ a owl component:
 | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
 | **[constructor](#constructor)**                  | constructor                             |
 | **[willStart](#willStart)**                      | async, before first rendering           |
-| **[mounted](#mounted)**                          | when component is render and in DOM     |
+| **[mounted](#mounted)**                          | just after component is rendered and added to the DOM     |
 | **[willUpdateProps](#willupdatepropsnextprops)** | async, before props update              |
 | **[willPatch](#willpatch)**              | just before the DOM is patched          |
 | **[patched](#patchedsnapshot)**                          | just after the DOM is patched           |
diff --git a/src/component.ts b/src/component.ts
index c7cae77c..b76a41cb 100644
--- a/src/component.ts
+++ b/src/component.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ export class Component<
     const renderVDom = this._render(force, patchQueue);
     const renderId = this.__owl__.renderId;
     const vnode = await renderVDom;
-    if (renderId === this.__owl__.renderId) {
+
+    if (this.__owl__.isMounted && renderId === this.__owl__.renderId) {
       // we only update the vnode and the actual DOM if no other rendering
       // occurred between now and when the render method was initially called.
       if (shouldCallPatchHooks) {
diff --git a/tests/component.test.ts b/tests/component.test.ts
index 8204358f..0a2185b4 100644
--- a/tests/component.test.ts
+++ b/tests/component.test.ts
@@ -1645,6 +1645,59 @@ describe("async rendering", () => {
       "<div><span>a2</span><span>b2</span></div>"
     );
   });
+
+  test.only("properly behave when destroyed/unmounted while rendering ", async () => {
+    let def = Promise.resolve();
+
+    class Child extends Widget {
+      inlineTemplate = `<div><t t-widget="SubChild"/></div>`;
+      widgets = { SubChild };
+      mounted() {
+        // from now on, each rendering in child widget will be delayed (see
+        // _render)
+        def = makeDeferred();
+      }
+      async _render(f, p) {
+        const result = await super._render(f, p);
+        await def;
+        return result;
+      }
+    }
+
+    class SubChild extends Widget {
+      willPatch() {
+        throw new Error("Should not happen!");
+      }
+      patched() {
+        throw new Error("Should not happen!");
+      }
+    }
+
+    class Parent extends Widget {
+      inlineTemplate = `
+        <div><t t-if="state.flag"><t t-widget="Child" t-props="{val: state.val}"/></t></div>`;
+      widgets = { Child };
+      state = { flag: true, val: "Framboise Lindemans" };
+    }
+    const parent = new Parent(env);
+    await parent.mount(fixture);
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div><div><div></div></div></div>");
+
+    // this change triggers a rendering of the parent. This rendering is delayed,
+    // because child is now waiting for def to be resolved
+    parent.state.val = "Framboise Girardin";
+    await nextTick();
+
+    // with this, we remove child, and childchild, even though it is not finished
+    // rendering from previous changes
+    parent.state.flag = false;
+    await nextTick();
+
+    // we now resolve def, so the child rendering is now complete.
+    (<any>def).resolve();
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div></div>");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("updating environment", () => {