diff --git a/src/core/resources/presence/index.js b/src/core/resources/presence/index.js
index 5ed844d6..b13e8b8f 100644
--- a/src/core/resources/presence/index.js
+++ b/src/core/resources/presence/index.js
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ Presence.prototype.fullRead = function (callback) {
 
 Presence.prototype.destroy = function () {
   this.manager.destroy()
+  Resource.prototype.destroy.call(this)
 }
 
 Presence.setBackend = function (backend) {
diff --git a/src/core/resources/presence/presence_manager.js b/src/core/resources/presence/presence_manager.js
index 1b386f1b..f6b67a38 100644
--- a/src/core/resources/presence/presence_manager.js
+++ b/src/core/resources/presence/presence_manager.js
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ PresenceManager.prototype.destroy = function () {
   if (this.handleRedisReply) {
     this.handleRedisReply = function () {}
   }
-
-  delete this.store
 }
 // FIXME: Method signature is getting unmanageable
 PresenceManager.prototype.addClient = function (clientSessionId, userId, userType,
diff --git a/src/core/resources/resource.js b/src/core/resources/resource.js
index b8d2744a..888a826b 100644
--- a/src/core/resources/resource.js
+++ b/src/core/resources/resource.js
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ Resource.prototype.handleMessage = function (clientSession, message) {
   }
 }
 
-Resource.prototype.destroy = function () {}
+Resource.prototype.destroy = function () {
+  this.destroyed = true
+}
 
 Resource.setBackend = function (backend) {
   // noop
diff --git a/src/server/server.js b/src/server/server.js
index 9307d20e..0fe8847f 100644
--- a/src/server/server.js
+++ b/src/server/server.js
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ Server.prototype._onSentryDown = function (sentryId) {
   var started = Date.now()
 
   nonblocking(presences).forEach(function (presence) {
+    if (presence.destroyed) {
+      return
+    }
+
     var clientSessionIds = presence.manager.store.clientSessionIdsForSentryId(sentryId)
     expected += clientSessionIds.length
 
diff --git a/test/presence.unit.test.js b/test/presence.unit.test.js
index d7829a2c..97877525 100644
--- a/test/presence.unit.test.js
+++ b/test/presence.unit.test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var Persistence = require('persistence')
 var Common = require('./common.js')
 var Presence = require('../src/core/resources/presence')
 var sinon = require('sinon')
+var expect = require('chai').expect
 
 describe('given a presence resource', function () {
   var presence, client, client2
@@ -535,6 +536,14 @@ describe('given a presence resource', function () {
       presence.get(fakeClient, { options: { version: 2 } })
     })
   })
+
+  describe('#destroy()', function () {
+    it('sets resource.destroyed flag to true', function () {
+      expect(!presence.destroyed).to.equal(true)
+      presence.destroy()
+      expect(presence.destroyed).to.equal(true)
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 describe('a presence resource', function () {
diff --git a/test/server.unit.test.js b/test/server.unit.test.js
index 307ecba4..f47b9587 100644
--- a/test/server.unit.test.js
+++ b/test/server.unit.test.js
@@ -286,6 +286,16 @@ describe('given a server', function () {
         })
       })
 
+      it('ignores presences that are destroyed during processing', function (done) {
+        radarServer._onSentryDown('sentry1')
+        radarServer.resources[234].destroyed = true
+        radarServer.on('profiling', function () {
+          expect(radarServer.resources[123].manager.disconnectRemoteClient).to.have.been.calledTwice
+          expect(radarServer.resources[234].manager.disconnectRemoteClient).not.to.have.been.called
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+
       it('emits profiling event', function (done) {
         radarServer._onSentryDown('sentry1')
         radarServer.on('profiling', function (e) {