diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/engine/processing/processinstance/ProcessInstanceModificationProcessor.java b/engine/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/engine/processing/processinstance/ProcessInstanceModificationProcessor.java
index 9f41b67c4aa6..9e81cc0399fb 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/engine/processing/processinstance/ProcessInstanceModificationProcessor.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/engine/processing/processinstance/ProcessInstanceModificationProcessor.java
@@ -572,7 +572,9 @@ private void terminateElement(
     } else if (elementType == BpmnElementType.CALL_ACTIVITY) {
       final var calledActivityElementInstance =
           elementInstanceState.getInstance(elementInstance.getCalledChildInstanceKey());
-      terminateElement(calledActivityElementInstance, sideEffects);
+      if (calledActivityElementInstance != null && calledActivityElementInstance.canTerminate()) {
+        terminateElement(calledActivityElementInstance, sideEffects);
+      }
     }
 
     stateWriter.appendFollowUpEvent(
diff --git a/engine/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/engine/processing/processinstance/ModifyProcessInstanceTest.java b/engine/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/engine/processing/processinstance/ModifyProcessInstanceTest.java
index f89e24e959e5..81c394c7e314 100644
--- a/engine/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/engine/processing/processinstance/ModifyProcessInstanceTest.java
+++ b/engine/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/engine/processing/processinstance/ModifyProcessInstanceTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import io.camunda.zeebe.model.bpmn.builder.SubProcessBuilder;
 import io.camunda.zeebe.protocol.record.Record;
 import io.camunda.zeebe.protocol.record.RecordType;
+import io.camunda.zeebe.protocol.record.intent.IncidentIntent;
 import io.camunda.zeebe.protocol.record.intent.JobIntent;
 import io.camunda.zeebe.protocol.record.intent.ProcessInstanceIntent;
 import io.camunda.zeebe.protocol.record.intent.ProcessInstanceModificationIntent;
@@ -850,6 +851,54 @@ public void shouldActivateParallelGateway() {
         .hasSize(4);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void verifyCallActivityWithIncidentInOutputMappingCanBeTerminated() {
+    final var child = Bpmn.createExecutableProcess("child").startEvent().endEvent().done();
+    final var parent =
+        Bpmn.createExecutableProcess(PROCESS_ID)
+            .startEvent()
+            .callActivity("callActivity", c -> c.zeebeProcessId("child"))
+            .zeebeOutputExpression("x", "y")
+            .manualTask("task")
+            .endEvent()
+            .done();
+
+    ENGINE.deployment().withXmlResource(child).withXmlResource(parent).deploy();
+
+    final var processInstanceKey = ENGINE.processInstance().ofBpmnProcessId(PROCESS_ID).create();
+
+    final var callActivityElement =
+        RecordingExporter.processInstanceRecords(ProcessInstanceIntent.ELEMENT_ACTIVATED)
+            .withProcessInstanceKey(processInstanceKey)
+            .withElementId("callActivity")
+            .withElementType(BpmnElementType.CALL_ACTIVITY)
+            .getFirst();
+
+    Assertions.assertThat(
+            RecordingExporter.incidentRecords(IncidentIntent.CREATED)
+                .withProcessInstanceKey(processInstanceKey)
+                .getFirst())
+        .extracting(r -> r.getValue().getElementId())
+        .isEqualTo("callActivity");
+
+    ENGINE
+        .processInstance()
+        .withInstanceKey(processInstanceKey)
+        .modification()
+        .activateElement("task")
+        .terminateElement(callActivityElement.getKey())
+        .modify();
+
+    verifyThatRootElementIsActivated(processInstanceKey, "task", BpmnElementType.MANUAL_TASK);
+    verifyThatProcessInstanceIsCompleted(processInstanceKey);
+    Assertions.assertThat(
+            RecordingExporter.processInstanceRecords(ProcessInstanceIntent.ELEMENT_TERMINATED)
+                .withProcessInstanceKey(processInstanceKey)
+                .withElementId(callActivityElement.getValue().getElementId())
+                .exists())
+        .isTrue();
+  }
+
   private static void verifyThatRootElementIsActivated(
       final long processInstanceKey, final String elementId, final BpmnElementType elementType) {
     verifyThatElementIsActivated(processInstanceKey, elementId, elementType, processInstanceKey);