--- a/browser/components/sessionstore/SessionStore.jsm
+++ b/browser/components/sessionstore/SessionStore.jsm
@@ -2504,17 +2504,17 @@ var SessionStoreInternal = {
       // The tab might have been closed/gone in the meantime.
       if (tab.closing || !tab.linkedBrowser) {
         return;
       }
 
       let window = tab.ownerDocument && tab.ownerDocument.defaultView;
 
       // The tab or its window might be gone.
-      if (!window || !window.__SSi) {
+      if (!window || !window.__SSi || window.closed) {
         return;
       }
 
       let tabState = TabState.clone(tab);
       let options = {restoreImmediately: true};
 
       if (historyIndex >= 0) {
         tabState.index = historyIndex + 1;