diff --git a/forge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/forge/capabilities/UserCapabilityImpl.java b/forge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/forge/capabilities/UserCapabilityImpl.java
index 17a55f3c8..a9cd8d2e1 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/forge/capabilities/UserCapabilityImpl.java
+++ b/forge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/forge/capabilities/UserCapabilityImpl.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import net.luckperms.api.query.QueryOptions;
 import net.luckperms.api.util.Tristate;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.util.LazyOptional;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -44,6 +45,19 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 
 public class UserCapabilityImpl implements UserCapability {
 
+    private static LazyOptional<UserCapability> getCapability(Player player) {
+        if (!player.isRemoved()) {
+            return player.getCapability(CAPABILITY);
+        } else {
+            player.reviveCaps();
+            try {
+                return player.getCapability(CAPABILITY);
+            } finally {
+                player.invalidateCaps();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets a {@link UserCapability} for a given {@link ServerPlayer}.
      *
@@ -51,8 +65,7 @@ public class UserCapabilityImpl implements UserCapability {
      * @return the capability
      */
     public static @NotNull UserCapabilityImpl get(@NotNull Player player) {
-        return (UserCapabilityImpl) player.getCapability(CAPABILITY)
-                .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("Capability missing for " + player.getUUID()));
+        return (UserCapabilityImpl) getCapability(player).orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("Capability missing for " + player.getUUID()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -62,7 +75,7 @@ public class UserCapabilityImpl implements UserCapability {
      * @return the capability, or null
      */
     public static @Nullable UserCapabilityImpl getNullable(@NotNull Player player) {
-        return (UserCapabilityImpl) player.getCapability(CAPABILITY).resolve().orElse(null);
+        return (UserCapabilityImpl) getCapability(player).resolve().orElse(null);
     }
 
     private boolean initialised = false;