diff --git a/src/world/World.php b/src/world/World.php
index 4c8d6a44c..54fd7863b 100644
--- a/src/world/World.php
+++ b/src/world/World.php
@@ -1222,7 +1222,8 @@ class World implements ChunkManager{
 	private function tickChunk(int $chunkX, int $chunkZ) : void{
 		$chunk = $this->getChunk($chunkX, $chunkZ);
 		if($chunk === null){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Chunk is not loaded");
+			//the chunk may have been unloaded during a previous chunk's update (e.g. during BlockGrowEvent)
+			return;
 		}
 		foreach($this->getChunkEntities($chunkX, $chunkZ) as $entity){
 			$entity->onRandomUpdate();