diff --git a/addon/mixins/components/tooltips.js b/addon/mixins/components/tooltips.js
index c02d171d..cc54729a 100644
--- a/addon/mixins/components/tooltips.js
+++ b/addon/mixins/components/tooltips.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default Ember.Mixin.create({
   destroyTooltip: on('willDestroyElement', function() {
     const tooltip = this.get('tooltip');
 
-    if (tooltip) {
+    if (tooltip && tooltip.effect && tooltip.detach) {
       tooltip.effect(null); // Remove animation
       tooltip.detach();     // Remove the tooltip from the document
       this.$().off();       // Remove all event listeners