diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/core/component_tree_root.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/core/component_tree_root.dart
index 9627a335075..fb4e21745af 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/core/component_tree_root.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/core/component_tree_root.dart
@@ -35,19 +35,30 @@ class ComponentTreeRoot extends Component {
       ..parent = parent;
   }
 
+  /// Cancels the pending ADD event for [child] into [parent].
+  ///
+  /// Scans the queue without using its iterator, so this is safe to call while
+  /// [processLifecycleEvents] is iterating over the queue (for example from a
+  /// component's [Component.onMount]).
   @internal
   void dequeueAdd(Component child, Component parent) {
-    for (final event in queue) {
-      if (event.kind == LifecycleEventKind.add &&
+    var found = false;
+    queue.forEachWhere(
+      (event) =>
+          !found &&
+          event.kind == LifecycleEventKind.add &&
           event.child == child &&
-          event.parent == parent) {
+          event.parent == parent,
+      (event) {
         event.kind = LifecycleEventKind.unknown;
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-    throw AssertionError(
-      'Cannot find a lifecycle event Add(child=$child, parent=$parent)',
+        found = true;
+      },
     );
+    if (!found) {
+      throw AssertionError(
+        'Cannot find a lifecycle event Add(child=$child, parent=$parent)',
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   @internal
@@ -58,13 +69,18 @@ class ComponentTreeRoot extends Component {
       ..parent = parent;
   }
 
+  /// Cancels all pending REMOVE events for [child].
+  ///
+  /// Scans the queue without using its iterator, so this is safe to call while
+  /// [processLifecycleEvents] is iterating over the queue (for example from a
+  /// component's [Component.onMount]).
   @internal
   void dequeueRemove(Component child) {
-    for (final event in queue) {
-      if (event.kind == LifecycleEventKind.remove && event.child == child) {
-        event.kind = LifecycleEventKind.unknown;
-      }
-    }
+    queue.forEachWhere(
+      (event) =>
+          event.kind == LifecycleEventKind.remove && event.child == child,
+      (event) => event.kind = LifecycleEventKind.unknown,
+    );
   }
 
   /// Finds all children in [candidates] that have a pending REMOVE event,
@@ -205,12 +221,10 @@ class ComponentTreeRoot extends Component {
   @internal
   void handleResize(Vector2 size) {
     super.handleResize(size);
-    for (final event in queue) {
-      if ((event.kind == LifecycleEventKind.add) &&
-          (event.child!.isLoading || event.child!.isLoaded)) {
-        event.child!.onGameResize(size);
-      }
-    }
+    queue.forEachWhere(
+      _isPendingAddOfLoadingOrLoadedChild,
+      (event) => event.child!.onGameResize(size),
+    );
   }
 
   @mustCallSuper
@@ -218,12 +232,15 @@ class ComponentTreeRoot extends Component {
   @internal
   void handleHotReload() {
     super.handleHotReload();
-    for (final event in queue) {
-      if ((event.kind == LifecycleEventKind.add) &&
-          (event.child!.isLoading || event.child!.isLoaded)) {
-        event.child!.onHotReload();
-      }
-    }
+    queue.forEachWhere(
+      _isPendingAddOfLoadingOrLoadedChild,
+      (event) => event.child!.onHotReload(),
+    );
+  }
+
+  static bool _isPendingAddOfLoadingOrLoadedChild(LifecycleEvent event) {
+    return event.kind == LifecycleEventKind.add &&
+        (event.child!.isLoading || event.child!.isLoaded);
   }
 
   @mustCallSuper
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/components/component_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/components/component_test.dart
index 47287774f5a..53141b94a2b 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/components/component_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/components/component_test.dart
@@ -1205,6 +1205,41 @@ void main() {
           expect(parent.parent, isNull);
         },
       );
+
+      testWithFlameGame(
+        'removing a queued sibling from onMount does not mount twice',
+        (game) async {
+          final sibling = _LifecycleComponent('sibling');
+          final component = _SiblingRemovingOnMountComponent(sibling);
+          game.world.add(component);
+          game.world.add(sibling);
+          await game.ready();
+
+          expect(component.isMounted, true);
+          expect(component.countEvents('onMount'), 1);
+          expect(sibling.isMounted, false);
+          expect(sibling.parent, isNull);
+          expect(game.world.children, [component]);
+        },
+      );
+
+      testWithFlameGame(
+        're-adding a removing component from onMount keeps it in the tree',
+        (game) async {
+          final existing = _LifecycleComponent('existing');
+          await game.world.ensureAdd(existing);
+          final component = _ReAddingOnMountComponent(existing);
+          game.world.add(component);
+          game.world.remove(existing);
+          await game.ready();
+
+          expect(component.isMounted, true);
+          expect(existing.isMounted, true);
+          expect(existing.isRemoving, false);
+          expect(existing.parent, game.world);
+          expect(game.world.children, containsAll([component, existing]));
+        },
+      );
     });
 
     group('Moving components', () {
@@ -2174,6 +2209,29 @@ class _SelfRemovingOnMountComponent extends Component {
   }
 }
 
+class _SiblingRemovingOnMountComponent extends _LifecycleComponent {
+  _SiblingRemovingOnMountComponent(this.sibling) : super('remover');
+
+  final Component sibling;
+
+  @override
+  void onMount() {
+    super.onMount();
+    parent!.remove(sibling);
+  }
+}
+
+class _ReAddingOnMountComponent extends Component {
+  _ReAddingOnMountComponent(this.component);
+
+  final Component component;
+
+  @override
+  void onMount() {
+    parent!.add(component);
+  }
+}
+
 class _Pair {
   _Pair(this.component, this.points);
   final Component component;