diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/core/component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/core/component.dart
index b78b93670f..022ecd1f30 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/core/component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/core/component.dart
@@ -662,11 +662,13 @@ class Component {
 
   /// Removes all the children in the list and calls [onRemove] for all of them
   /// and their children.
-  void removeAll(Iterable<Component> components) => components.forEach(remove);
+  void removeAll(Iterable<Component> components) {
+    components.toList(growable: false).forEach(_removeChild);
+  }
 
   /// Removes all the children for which the [test] function returns true.
   void removeWhere(bool Function(Component component) test) {
-    removeAll([...children.where(test)]);
+    children.where(test).toList(growable: false).forEach(_removeChild);
   }
 
   void _removeChild(Component child) {
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/components/component_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/components/component_test.dart
index bf24deb089..3cc4f69e4c 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/components/component_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/components/component_test.dart
@@ -653,6 +653,16 @@ void main() {
         await game.ready();
         expect(child.isMounted, true);
       });
+
+      testWithFlameGame(
+        "can remove component's children before adding the parent",
+        (game) async {
+          final c = _ComponentWithChildrenRemoveAll();
+          game.add(c);
+
+          await game.ready();
+        },
+      );
     });
 
     group('Removing components', () {
@@ -1804,3 +1814,13 @@ FlameTester<_DetachableFlameGame> _myDetachableGame({required bool open}) {
     },
   );
 }
+
+class _ComponentWithChildrenRemoveAll extends Component {
+  @override
+  void onMount() {
+    super.onMount();
+
+    add(Component());
+    removeAll(children);
+  }
+}