diff --git a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
index 5724149289..34c5e28d07 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
@@ -1079,7 +1079,9 @@ void tb_phys_invalidate(TranslationBlock *tb, tb_page_addr_t page_addr)
     phys_pc = tb->page_addr[0] + (tb->pc & ~TARGET_PAGE_MASK);
     h = tb_hash_func(phys_pc, tb->pc, tb->flags, tb->cflags & CF_HASH_MASK,
                      tb->trace_vcpu_dstate);
-    qht_remove(&tb_ctx.htable, tb, h);
+    if (!qht_remove(&tb_ctx.htable, tb, h)) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     /* remove the TB from the page list */
     if (tb->page_addr[0] != page_addr) {