diff --git a/docs/change-log.md b/docs/change-log.md
index 26f6c18c..ccc10706 100644
--- a/docs/change-log.md
+++ b/docs/change-log.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #### Bug fixes
 
 - core: render() function can no longer prevent from changing `document.activeElement` in lifecycle hooks ([#1988](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/1988), [@purplecode](https://github.com/purplecode))
+- core: don't call `onremove` on the children of components that return null from the view [#1921](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/issues/1921) [octavore](https://github.com/octavore) ([#1922](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/1922))
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/render/render.js b/render/render.js
index e1f9e201..c053517d 100644
--- a/render/render.js
+++ b/render/render.js
@@ -451,9 +451,10 @@ module.exports = function($window) {
 	}
 	function onremove(vnode) {
 		if (vnode.attrs && typeof vnode.attrs.onremove === "function") vnode.attrs.onremove.call(vnode.state, vnode)
-		if (typeof vnode.tag !== "string" && typeof vnode._state.onremove === "function") vnode._state.onremove.call(vnode.state, vnode)
-		if (vnode.instance != null) onremove(vnode.instance)
-		else {
+		if (typeof vnode.tag !== "string") {
+			if (typeof vnode._state.onremove === "function") vnode._state.onremove.call(vnode.state, vnode)
+			if (vnode.instance != null) onremove(vnode.instance)
+		} else {
 			var children = vnode.children
 			if (Array.isArray(children)) {
 				for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {