diff --git a/src/components/_classes/component/Component.js b/src/components/_classes/component/Component.js
index c6350cfe07..83cd73cfef 100644
--- a/src/components/_classes/component/Component.js
+++ b/src/components/_classes/component/Component.js
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ export default class Component extends Element {
   detach() {
     // First iterate through each ref and delete the component so there are no dangling component references.
     _.each(this.refs, (ref) => {
-      if (typeof ref === NodeList) {
+      if (ref instanceof NodeList) {
         ref.forEach((elem) => {
           delete elem.component;
         });