diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameMemory.h b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameMemory.h
index 03dd4d109a9..bef6f4208ba 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameMemory.h
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameMemory.h
@@ -758,7 +758,8 @@ class MemoryPoolObject
 
 	void deleteInstance() 
 	{	
-		if (this)
+		void * volatile checkThisPtr = this; // mitigate undefined behavior because this function is called on nullptrs
+		if (checkThisPtr)
 		{
 			MemoryPool *pool = this->getObjectMemoryPool(); // save this, since the dtor will nuke our vtbl
 			this->~MemoryPoolObject();	// it's virtual, so the right one will be called.
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameMemory.h b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameMemory.h
index 95c5ff12d0e..66fa0b59085 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameMemory.h
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameMemory.h
@@ -757,7 +757,8 @@ class MemoryPoolObject
 
 	void deleteInstance() 
 	{	
-		if (this)
+		void * volatile checkThisPtr = this; // mitigate undefined behavior because this function is called on nullptrs
+		if (checkThisPtr)
 		{
 			MemoryPool *pool = this->getObjectMemoryPool(); // save this, since the dtor will nuke our vtbl
 			this->~MemoryPoolObject();	// it's virtual, so the right one will be called.