diff --git a/Content.Shared/Cuffs/SharedCuffableSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Cuffs/SharedCuffableSystem.cs
index 2cf87ea96c..f513bb4aa3 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Cuffs/SharedCuffableSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Cuffs/SharedCuffableSystem.cs
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Cuffs
 
         private void OnCuffsRemovedFromContainer(EntityUid uid, CuffableComponent component, EntRemovedFromContainerMessage args)
         {
-            if (args.Container.ID == component.Container.ID)
-            {
-                _handVirtualItem.DeleteInHandsMatching(uid, args.Entity);
-                UpdateCuffState(uid, component);
-            }
+            if (args.Container.ID != component.Container.ID)
+                return;
+
+            _handVirtualItem.DeleteInHandsMatching(uid, args.Entity);
+            UpdateCuffState(uid, component);
         }
 
         private void OnCuffsInsertedIntoContainer(EntityUid uid, CuffableComponent component, ContainerModifiedMessage args)
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Hands/SharedHandVirtualItemSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Hands/SharedHandVirtualItemSystem.cs
index e33ffdf051..037b36d4a8 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Hands/SharedHandVirtualItemSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Hands/SharedHandVirtualItemSystem.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ public abstract class SharedHandVirtualItemSystem : EntitySystem
     /// </summary>
     public void DeleteInHandsMatching(EntityUid user, EntityUid matching)
     {
+        // Client can't currently predict deleting network entities atm and this might happen due to the
+        // hands leaving PVS for example, in which case we wish to ignore it.
+        if (_net.IsClient)
+            return;
+
         foreach (var hand in _hands.EnumerateHands(user))
         {
             if (TryComp(hand.HeldEntity, out HandVirtualItemComponent? virt) && virt.BlockingEntity == matching)