1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/tree/container.c b/sway/tree/container.c
index ea1c93bb..c0067493 100644
--- a/sway/tree/container.c
+++ b/sway/tree/container.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void _container_destroy(struct sway_container *cont) {
         if (cont->children != NULL && cont->children->length) {
                 // remove children until there are no more, container_destroy calls
                 // container_remove_child, which removes child from this container
-                while (cont->children != NULL) {
+                while (cont->children != NULL && cont->children->length > 0) {
                         struct sway_container *child = cont->children->items[0];
                         container_remove_child(child);
                         _container_destroy(child);