diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-basic-dropdown.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-basic-dropdown.js
index bd616bd157..1ebd285f9b 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-basic-dropdown.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-basic-dropdown.js
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ export default BasicDropdown.extend({
 
     willDestroyElement() {
         this._super(...arguments);
-        this.dropdown.off('close');
+        this.dropdown.off('close', this, this.close);
     }
 });