diff --git a/src/material/list/selection-list.spec.ts b/src/material/list/selection-list.spec.ts
index ab54217289ff..13c4e1e271cb 100644
--- a/src/material/list/selection-list.spec.ts
+++ b/src/material/list/selection-list.spec.ts
@@ -1081,6 +1081,23 @@ describe('MatSelectionList with forms', () => {
       expect(listOptions[1].selected).toBe(true, 'Expected second option to be selected.');
       expect(listOptions[2].selected).toBe(true, 'Expected third option to be selected.');
     });
+
+    it('should not clear the form control when the list is destroyed', fakeAsync(() => {
+      const option = listOptions[1];
+
+      option.selected = true;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(fixture.componentInstance.formControl.value).toEqual(['opt2']);
+
+      fixture.componentInstance.renderList = false;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      tick();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(fixture.componentInstance.formControl.value).toEqual(['opt2']);
+    }));
+
   });
 
   describe('preselected values', () => {
@@ -1264,7 +1281,7 @@ class SelectionListWithModel {
 
 @Component({
   template: `
-    <mat-selection-list [formControl]="formControl">
+    <mat-selection-list [formControl]="formControl" *ngIf="renderList">
       <mat-list-option value="opt1">Option 1</mat-list-option>
       <mat-list-option value="opt2">Option 2</mat-list-option>
       <mat-list-option value="opt3">Option 3</mat-list-option>
@@ -1273,6 +1290,7 @@ class SelectionListWithModel {
 })
 class SelectionListWithFormControl {
   formControl = new FormControl();
+  renderList = true;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/material/list/selection-list.ts b/src/material/list/selection-list.ts
index c126e4c7eb32..3074ec73fa79 100644
--- a/src/material/list/selection-list.ts
+++ b/src/material/list/selection-list.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ export class MatListOption extends _MatListOptionMixinBase
     if (this.selected) {
       // We have to delay this until the next tick in order
       // to avoid changed after checked errors.
-      Promise.resolve().then(() => this.selected = false);
+      Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+        this.selected = false;
+      });
     }
 
     const hadFocus = this._hasFocus;
@@ -366,6 +368,9 @@ export class MatSelectionList extends _MatSelectionListMixinBase implements Focu
   /** View to model callback that should be called if the list or its options lost focus. */
   _onTouched: () => void = () => {};
 
+  /** Whether the list has been destroyed. */
+  private _destroyed: boolean;
+
   constructor(private _element: ElementRef<HTMLElement>, @Attribute('tabindex') tabIndex: string) {
     super();
     this.tabIndex = parseInt(tabIndex) || 0;
@@ -412,6 +417,7 @@ export class MatSelectionList extends _MatSelectionListMixinBase implements Focu
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
+    this._destroyed = true;
     this._modelChanges.unsubscribe();
   }
 
@@ -495,7 +501,10 @@ export class MatSelectionList extends _MatSelectionListMixinBase implements Focu
 
   /** Reports a value change to the ControlValueAccessor */
   _reportValueChange() {
-    if (this.options) {
+    // Stop reporting value changes after the list has been destroyed. This avoids
+    // cases where the list might wrongly reset its value once it is removed, but
+    // the form control is still live.
+    if (this.options && !this._destroyed) {
       this._onChange(this._getSelectedOptionValues());
     }
   }