diff --git a/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy.c b/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy.c
index dfff92816..0737dcd0a 100644
--- a/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy.c
+++ b/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy.c
@@ -2104,6 +2104,9 @@ rclpy_destroy_entity(PyObject * Py_UNUSED(self), PyObject * args)
   } else if (PyCapsule_IsValid(pyentity, "rcl_guard_condition_t")) {
     rcl_guard_condition_t * guard_condition = (rcl_guard_condition_t *)PyCapsule_GetPointer(
       pyentity, "rcl_guard_condition_t");
+    if ( g_sigint_gc_handle == guard_condition ) {
+        g_sigint_gc_handle = NULL;
+    }
     ret = rcl_guard_condition_fini(guard_condition);
     PyMem_Free(guard_condition);
   } else {