diff --git a/src/component/component.ts b/src/component/component.ts
index 35da0c16..338b75d3 100644
--- a/src/component/component.ts
+++ b/src/component/component.ts
@@ -322,7 +322,14 @@ export class Component<Props extends {} = any, T extends Env = Env> {
     }
     if (__owl__.currentFiber) {
       const currentFiber = __owl__.currentFiber;
-      if (currentFiber.target === target && currentFiber.position === position) {
+      if (!currentFiber.target && !currentFiber.position) {
+        // this means we have a pending rendering, but it was a render operation,
+        // not a mount operation. We can simply update the fiber with the target
+        // and the position
+        currentFiber.target = target;
+        currentFiber.position = position;
+        return scheduler.addFiber(currentFiber);
+      } else if (currentFiber.target === target && currentFiber.position === position) {
         return scheduler.addFiber(currentFiber);
       } else {
         scheduler.rejectFiber(currentFiber, "Mounting operation cancelled");
@@ -366,12 +373,6 @@ export class Component<Props extends {} = any, T extends Env = Env> {
   async render(force: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
     const __owl__ = this.__owl__;
     const currentFiber = __owl__.currentFiber;
-    if (!__owl__.isMounted && !currentFiber) {
-      // if we get here, this means that the component was either never mounted,
-      // or was unmounted and some state change  triggered a render. Either way,
-      // we do not want to actually render anything in this case.
-      return;
-    }
     if (currentFiber && !currentFiber.isRendered && !currentFiber.isCompleted) {
       return scheduler.addFiber(currentFiber.root);
     }
@@ -385,8 +386,6 @@ export class Component<Props extends {} = any, T extends Env = Env> {
         if (fiber.isCompleted) {
           return;
         }
-        // we are mounted (__owl__.isMounted), or if we are currently being
-        // mounted (!isMounted), so we call __render
         this.__render(fiber);
       } else {
         // we were mounted when render was called, but we aren't anymore, so we
diff --git a/src/component/fiber.ts b/src/component/fiber.ts
index b19d10eb..9433f95f 100644
--- a/src/component/fiber.ts
+++ b/src/component/fiber.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ export class Fiber {
   complete() {
     let component = this.component;
     this.isCompleted = true;
-    if (!this.target && !component.__owl__.isMounted) {
+    const { isMounted, isDestroyed } = component.__owl__;
+    if (isDestroyed) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -202,14 +203,16 @@ export class Fiber {
     const patchLen = patchQueue.length;
 
     // call willPatch hook on each fiber of patchQueue
-    for (let i = 0; i < patchLen; i++) {
-      const fiber = patchQueue[i];
-      if (fiber.shouldPatch) {
-        component = fiber.component;
-        if (component.__owl__.willPatchCB) {
-          component.__owl__.willPatchCB();
+    if (isMounted) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < patchLen; i++) {
+        const fiber = patchQueue[i];
+        if (fiber.shouldPatch) {
+          component = fiber.component;
+          if (component.__owl__.willPatchCB) {
+            component.__owl__.willPatchCB();
+          }
+          component.willPatch();
         }
-        component.willPatch();
       }
     }
 
@@ -271,16 +274,18 @@ export class Fiber {
     }
 
     // call patched/mounted hook on each fiber of (reversed) patchQueue
-    for (let i = patchLen - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-      const fiber = patchQueue[i];
-      component = fiber.component;
-      if (fiber.shouldPatch && !this.target) {
-        component.patched();
-        if (component.__owl__.patchedCB) {
-          component.__owl__.patchedCB();
+    if (isMounted || inDOM) {
+      for (let i = patchLen - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        const fiber = patchQueue[i];
+        component = fiber.component;
+        if (fiber.shouldPatch && !this.target) {
+          component.patched();
+          if (component.__owl__.patchedCB) {
+            component.__owl__.patchedCB();
+          }
+        } else {
+          component.__callMounted();
         }
-      } else if (this.target ? inDOM : true) {
-        component.__callMounted();
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/tests/component/component.test.ts b/tests/component/component.test.ts
index 6d17f08c..f7cdf8af 100644
--- a/tests/component/component.test.ts
+++ b/tests/component/component.test.ts
@@ -962,6 +962,69 @@ describe("lifecycle hooks", () => {
       "parent:patched",
     ]);
   });
+
+  test("willPatch/patched hook is not called if not mounted in DOM", async () => {
+    const steps: string[] = [];
+
+    class ChildWidget extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<div/>`;
+      constructor(parent, props) {
+        super(parent, props);
+        steps.push("child:constructor");
+      }
+      mounted() {
+        steps.push("child:mounted");
+      }
+      willPatch() {
+        steps.push("child:willPatch");
+      }
+      patched() {
+        steps.push("child:patched");
+      }
+    }
+    class ParentWidget extends Component {
+      static template = xml`
+        <div>
+          <t t-component="child" v="state.n"/>
+        </div>
+      `;
+      static components = { child: ChildWidget };
+      state = useState({ n: 1 });
+      constructor() {
+        super();
+        steps.push("parent:constructor");
+      }
+      mounted() {
+        steps.push("parent:mounted");
+      }
+      willPatch() {
+        steps.push("parent:willPatch");
+      }
+      patched() {
+        steps.push("parent:patched");
+      }
+    }
+
+    const div = document.createElement("div");
+    const widget = new ParentWidget();
+    await widget.mount(div);
+    expect(steps).toEqual(["parent:constructor", "child:constructor"]);
+
+    widget.state.n = 2;
+    await nextTick();
+
+    expect(steps).toEqual(["parent:constructor", "child:constructor"]);
+
+    // then we remount the component in the dom
+    await widget.mount(fixture);
+
+    expect(steps).toEqual([
+      "parent:constructor",
+      "child:constructor",
+      "child:mounted",
+      "parent:mounted",
+    ]);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("destroy method", () => {
diff --git a/tests/component/un_mounting.test.ts b/tests/component/un_mounting.test.ts
index b964721b..ed6b7481 100644
--- a/tests/component/un_mounting.test.ts
+++ b/tests/component/un_mounting.test.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,38 @@ describe("unmounting and remounting", () => {
     expect(steps).toEqual([2, 2, 3]);
   });
 
+  test("change state and render while mounted in detached dom", async () => {
+    class App extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<div><t t-esc="state.val"/></div>`;
+      state = useState({ val: 1 });
+    }
+
+    const detachedDiv = document.createElement("div");
+    const app = await mount(App, { target: detachedDiv });
+
+    expect(detachedDiv.innerHTML).toBe("<div>1</div>");
+    app.state.val = 2;
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(detachedDiv.innerHTML).toBe("<div>2</div>");
+  });
+
+  test("destroy and change state after mounted in detached dom", async () => {
+    class App extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<div><t t-esc="state.val"/></div>`;
+      state = useState({ val: 1 });
+    }
+
+    const detachedDiv = document.createElement("div");
+    const app = await mount(App, { target: detachedDiv });
+
+    expect(detachedDiv.innerHTML).toBe("<div>1</div>");
+
+    app.destroy();
+    app.state.val = 2;
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(detachedDiv.innerHTML).toBe("");
+  });
+
   test("change state while component is unmounted", async () => {
     let child;
     class Child extends Component {
diff --git a/tests/tooling/debug_script_3.test.ts b/tests/tooling/debug_script_3.test.ts
index a978fdd5..bda9c655 100644
--- a/tests/tooling/debug_script_3.test.ts
+++ b/tests/tooling/debug_script_3.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as owl from "../../src/index";
 
 import { Component, Env } from "../../src/component/component";
 import { xml } from "../../src/tags";
-import { makeTestFixture, makeTestEnv } from "../helpers";
+import { makeTestFixture, makeTestEnv, nextTick } from "../helpers";
 
 let fixture: HTMLElement = makeTestFixture();
 let env: Env = makeTestEnv();
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ test("log a specific message for render method calls if component is not mounted
   parent.unmount();
   parent.state.value = 2;
 
+  await nextTick();
   expect(steps).toEqual([
     "[OWL_DEBUG] Parent<id=1> constructor, props={}",
     "[OWL_DEBUG] Parent<id=1> mount",
@@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ test("log a specific message for render method calls if component is not mounted
     "[OWL_DEBUG] Parent<id=1> mounted",
     "[OWL_DEBUG] scheduler: stop running tasks queue",
     "[OWL_DEBUG] Parent<id=1> willUnmount",
-    "[OWL_DEBUG] Parent<id=1> render (warning: component is not mounted, this render has no effect)",
+    "[OWL_DEBUG] Parent<id=1> render (warning: component is not mounted)",
+    "[OWL_DEBUG] scheduler: start running tasks queue",
+    "[OWL_DEBUG] Parent<id=1> rendering template",
+    "[OWL_DEBUG] scheduler: stop running tasks queue",
   ]);
   console.log = log;
 });
diff --git a/tools/debug.js b/tools/debug.js
index d1df8d07..3d38902c 100644
--- a/tools/debug.js
+++ b/tools/debug.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       const __owl__ = component.__owl__;
       let msg = `render`;
       if (!__owl__.isMounted && !__owl__.currentFiber) {
-        msg += ` (warning: component is not mounted, this render has no effect)`;
+        msg += ` (warning: component is not mounted)`;
       }
       log(msg);
       return render(...args);