diff --git a/megamek/src/megamek/common/Game.java b/megamek/src/megamek/common/Game.java
index 47ef8ff82dc..f3bb17c3ae5 100644
--- a/megamek/src/megamek/common/Game.java
+++ b/megamek/src/megamek/common/Game.java
@@ -1392,6 +1392,10 @@ public boolean hasEntity(int entityId) {
      * (probably due to double-blind) ignore it.
      */
     public synchronized void removeEntity(int id, int condition) {
+        // always attempt to remove the entity with this ID from the entities collection
+        // as it may have gotten stuck there.
+        entities.removeIf(ent -> (ent.getId() == id));
+        
         Entity toRemove = getEntity(id);
         if (toRemove == null) {
             // This next statement has been cluttering up double-blind
@@ -1402,7 +1406,6 @@ public synchronized void removeEntity(int id, int condition) {
             return;
         }
 
-        entities.remove(toRemove);
         entityIds.remove(Integer.valueOf(id));
         removeEntityPositionLookup(toRemove);