diff --git a/.changeset/forty-birds-wonder.md b/.changeset/forty-birds-wonder.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..990b771b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/forty-birds-wonder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'directus': patch
+---
+
+Fixed issue that would prevent collections that had a relationship pointing to them from being deleted.
diff --git a/api/src/services/fields.ts b/api/src/services/fields.ts
index 22c492c908..4c26146ff0 100644
--- a/api/src/services/fields.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/fields.ts
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ export class FieldsService {
 			// Cleanup directus_fields
 			const metaRow = await trx.select('id').from('directus_fields').where({ collection, field }).first();
 
-			if (metaRow.id) {
+			if (metaRow?.id) {
 				// Handle recursive FK constraints
 				await trx('directus_fields').update({ group: null }).where({ group: metaRow.id });
 			}