diff --git a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/App.tsx b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/App.tsx
index 96cb242cedc..64dfdffb265 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/App.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import {
 } from './pages/router-link-modifier-click/RouterLinkModifierClick';
 import { NavigateRootPageA, NavigateRootPageB, NavigateRootPageC } from './pages/navigate-root/NavigateRoot';
 import SuspenseOutlet from './pages/suspense-outlet/SuspenseOutlet';
+import OutletUnmountBeforeReady from './pages/outlet-unmount-before-ready/OutletUnmountBeforeReady';
 import { PropsUpdateDirect, PropsUpdateRoutesWrapper } from './pages/props-update/PropsUpdate';
 import DisabledButton from './pages/disabled-button/DisabledButton';
 import SplatSibling from './pages/splat-sibling/SplatSibling';
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
           <Route path="/navigate-root/page-b" element={<NavigateRootPageB />} />
           <Route path="/navigate-root/page-c" element={<NavigateRootPageC />} />
           <Route path="/suspense-outlet/*" element={<SuspenseOutlet />} />
+          <Route path="/outlet-unmount-before-ready" element={<OutletUnmountBeforeReady />} />
           <Route path="/props-update-routes/*" element={<PropsUpdateRoutesWrapper />} />
           <Route path="/props-update-direct/*" element={<PropsUpdateDirect />} />
           <Route path="/splat-sibling/*" element={<SplatSibling />} />
diff --git a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/Main.tsx b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/Main.tsx
index 3dc6709f531..f23ceb89a02 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/Main.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/Main.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ const Main: React.FC = () => {
           <IonItem routerLink="/suspense-outlet/content" id="go-to-suspense-outlet">
             <IonLabel>Suspense Outlet</IonLabel>
           </IonItem>
+          <IonItem routerLink="/outlet-unmount-before-ready">
+            <IonLabel>Outlet Unmount Before Ready</IonLabel>
+          </IonItem>
         </IonList>
 
         <IonList>
diff --git a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/outlet-unmount-before-ready/OutletUnmountBeforeReady.tsx b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/outlet-unmount-before-ready/OutletUnmountBeforeReady.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8bb19ff958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/outlet-unmount-before-ready/OutletUnmountBeforeReady.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { IonButton, IonContent, IonHeader, IonPage, IonRouterOutlet, IonTitle, IonToolbar } from '@ionic/react';
+import React, { useLayoutEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Route } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+import TestDescription from '../../components/TestDescription';
+
+/**
+ * Unmounting from a layout effect removes the outlet before it's ready.
+ */
+const TransientOutlet: React.FC<{ onMounted: () => void }> = ({ onMounted }) => {
+  useLayoutEffect(onMounted, [onMounted]);
+
+  return (
+    <IonRouterOutlet ionPage>
+      <Route path="*" element={<IonPage>Transient page</IonPage>} />
+    </IonRouterOutlet>
+  );
+};
+
+const OutletUnmountBeforeReady: React.FC = () => {
+  const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(false);
+  const [attempts, setAttempts] = useState(0);
+
+  return (
+    <IonPage data-pageid="outlet-unmount-before-ready">
+      <IonHeader>
+        <IonToolbar>
+          <IonTitle>Outlet Unmount Before Ready</IonTitle>
+        </IonToolbar>
+      </IonHeader>
+      <IonContent>
+        <TestDescription>
+          Tap the button a few times. Each tap mounts a nested outlet and removes it before it's ready, so the counter
+          should go up without any errors in the console.
+        </TestDescription>
+        <IonButton
+          id="mount-transient-outlet"
+          onClick={() => {
+            setAttempts((count) => count + 1);
+            setMounted(true);
+          }}
+        >
+          Mount and unmount outlet
+        </IonButton>
+        <p id="attempts">{attempts}</p>
+        {mounted && <TransientOutlet onMounted={() => setMounted(false)} />}
+      </IonContent>
+    </IonPage>
+  );
+};
+
+export default OutletUnmountBeforeReady;
diff --git a/packages/react-router/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/outlet-unmount-before-ready.spec.ts b/packages/react-router/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/outlet-unmount-before-ready.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3c14a5dbbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/outlet-unmount-before-ready.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { ionPageVisible, withTestingMode } from './utils/test-utils';
+
+test.describe('Outlet Unmount Before Ready', () => {
+  test('should not throw when an ionPage outlet unmounts before it is ready', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+    testInfo.annotations.push({
+      type: 'issue',
+      description: 'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/31513',
+    });
+
+    const errors: string[] = [];
+    page.on('pageerror', (error) => errors.push(error.message));
+
+    await page.goto(withTestingMode('/outlet-unmount-before-ready'));
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'outlet-unmount-before-ready');
+
+    for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 3; attempt++) {
+      await page.locator('#mount-transient-outlet').click();
+      await expect(page.locator('#attempts')).toHaveText(String(attempt));
+    }
+
+    // Give the async ready callback time to fire.
+    await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+
+    expect(errors).toEqual([]);
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'outlet-unmount-before-ready');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/routing/OutletPageManager.tsx b/packages/react/src/routing/OutletPageManager.tsx
index abb9bda0481..056ab598534 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/routing/OutletPageManager.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/routing/OutletPageManager.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ export class OutletPageManager extends React.Component<OutletPageManagerProps> {
        * when React unmounts + remounts components.
        */
       if (!this.outletIsReady) {
-        componentOnReady(this.ionRouterOutlet, () => {
+        const el = this.ionRouterOutlet;
+        componentOnReady(el, () => {
+          /**
+           * The outlet can unmount before this fires, which clears the ref.
+           */
+          if (this.ionRouterOutlet !== el) return;
+
           /**
            * Guard against duplicate callbacks from React strict mode double-mount.
            * Both componentDidMount calls pass the outer !outletIsReady check before
@@ -65,7 +71,6 @@ export class OutletPageManager extends React.Component<OutletPageManagerProps> {
            * outlet's forward animation removes ion-page-invisible, preventing
            * a flash where the outlet is briefly visible at full opacity.
            */
-          const el = this.ionRouterOutlet!;
           if (!el.classList.contains('ion-page-invisible') && !el.classList.contains('ion-page-hidden')) {
             el.classList.add('ion-page');
             el.classList.add('ion-page-invisible');