diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/tile/grid/AENetworkInvTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/appeng/tile/grid/AENetworkInvTileEntity.java
index 69fb9193f..c23d6f62a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/tile/grid/AENetworkInvTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/tile/grid/AENetworkInvTileEntity.java
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ public abstract class AENetworkInvTileEntity extends AEBaseInvTileEntity impleme
     @Override
     public void remove() {
         super.remove();
+        // if the cached block state is not current, the following method may call
+        // markForUpdate
+        // and cause the block state to be changed back to non-air
+        updateContainingBlockInfo();
         this.getProxy().remove();
     }