diff --git a/Sources/Transitioning.swift b/Sources/Transitioning.swift
index ff771f8b..ea2d833a 100644
--- a/Sources/Transitioning.swift
+++ b/Sources/Transitioning.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 
 import UIKit
 
+/// An animator that immediately completes `transitionContext`.
+///
+/// UIKit can run a panel transition with a context whose participating view controller isn't the
+/// panel — for instance when a stack of presented controllers is dismissed in one step. Finishing
+/// the transition leaves the presentation state consistent, where trapping would kill the app.
+private func makeCompletingAnimator(
+    for transitionContext: UIViewControllerContextTransitioning
+) -> UIViewImplicitlyAnimating {
+    let animator = UIViewPropertyAnimator(duration: 0, curve: .linear)
+    animator.addAnimations {}
+    animator.addCompletion { _ in
+        transitionContext.completeTransition(!transitionContext.transitionWasCancelled)
+    }
+    return animator
+}
+
 class ModalTransition: NSObject, UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate {
     func animationController(forPresented presented: UIViewController,
                              presenting: UIViewController,
@@ -93,7 +109,7 @@ class ModalPresentTransition: NSObject, UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning {
     func interruptibleAnimator(using transitionContext: UIViewControllerContextTransitioning) -> UIViewImplicitlyAnimating {
         guard
             let fpc = transitionContext.viewController(forKey: .to) as? FloatingPanelController
-        else { fatalError() }
+        else { return makeCompletingAnimator(for: transitionContext) }
 
         if let animator = fpc.transitionAnimator {
             return animator
@@ -104,10 +120,9 @@ class ModalPresentTransition: NSObject, UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning {
             fpc?.suspendTransitionAnimator(false)
             transitionContext.completeTransition(!transitionContext.transitionWasCancelled)
         }
-        guard let transitionAnimator = fpc.transitionAnimator else {
-            fatalError("The panel state must be `hidden` but it is `\(fpc.state)`")
-        }
-        return transitionAnimator
+        // `show(animated:)` above already scheduled `completeTransition`, so this fallback must not
+        // complete the context a second time.
+        return fpc.transitionAnimator ?? UIViewPropertyAnimator(duration: 0, curve: .linear)
     }
 
     func animateTransition(using transitionContext: UIViewControllerContextTransitioning) {
@@ -128,7 +143,7 @@ class ModalDismissTransition: NSObject, UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning {
     func interruptibleAnimator(using transitionContext: UIViewControllerContextTransitioning) -> UIViewImplicitlyAnimating {
         guard
             let fpc = transitionContext.viewController(forKey: .from) as? FloatingPanelController
-        else { fatalError() }
+        else { return makeCompletingAnimator(for: transitionContext) }
 
         if let animator = fpc.transitionAnimator {
             return animator
@@ -139,7 +154,9 @@ class ModalDismissTransition: NSObject, UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning {
             fpc?.suspendTransitionAnimator(false)
             transitionContext.completeTransition(!transitionContext.transitionWasCancelled)
         }
-        return fpc.transitionAnimator!
+        // `hide(animated:)` above already scheduled `completeTransition`, so this fallback must not
+        // complete the context a second time.
+        return fpc.transitionAnimator ?? UIViewPropertyAnimator(duration: 0, curve: .linear)
     }
 
     func animateTransition(using transitionContext: UIViewControllerContextTransitioning) {
diff --git a/Tests/ControllerTests.swift b/Tests/ControllerTests.swift
index e0f41b16..85d3c3af 100644
--- a/Tests/ControllerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ControllerTests.swift
@@ -367,6 +367,31 @@ class ControllerTests: XCTestCase {
 
         XCTAssertEqual(fpc.state, .half)
     }
+
+    func test_modalDismissTransition_withoutPanelInContext() {
+        // UIKit can run the transition with a context whose from-view controller isn't the panel,
+        // for instance when a stack of presented view controllers is dismissed in one step.
+        let context = MockTransitionContext(viewControllers: [.from: UIViewController()])
+
+        ModalDismissTransition().animateTransition(using: context)
+        waitRunLoop(secs: 0.1)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.completedTransition, true)
+    }
+
+    func test_modalPresentTransition_withoutPanelInContext() {
+        let context = MockTransitionContext(viewControllers: [.to: UIViewController()])
+
+        ModalPresentTransition().animateTransition(using: context)
+        waitRunLoop(secs: 0.1)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.completedTransition, true)
+    }
+
+    func test_modalDismissTransition_zeroDurationWhenPanelIsMissing() {
+        let context = MockTransitionContext(viewControllers: [.from: UIViewController()])
+        XCTAssertEqual(ModalDismissTransition().transitionDuration(using: context), 0.0)
+    }
 }
 
 private class MyZombieViewController: UIViewController, FloatingPanelLayout, FloatingPanelBehavior, FloatingPanelControllerDelegate {
diff --git a/Tests/TestSupports.swift b/Tests/TestSupports.swift
index 9601cfe7..56a48d97 100644
--- a/Tests/TestSupports.swift
+++ b/Tests/TestSupports.swift
@@ -109,3 +109,33 @@ class MockTransitionCoordinator: NSObject, UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator
     var targetTransform: CGAffineTransform = .identity
 }
 
+class MockTransitionContext: NSObject, UIViewControllerContextTransitioning {
+    private let viewControllers: [UITransitionContextViewControllerKey: UIViewController]
+    private(set) var completedTransition: Bool?
+
+    init(viewControllers: [UITransitionContextViewControllerKey: UIViewController]) {
+        self.viewControllers = viewControllers
+    }
+
+    func viewController(forKey key: UITransitionContextViewControllerKey) -> UIViewController? {
+        return viewControllers[key]
+    }
+    func completeTransition(_ didComplete: Bool) {
+        completedTransition = didComplete
+    }
+
+    let containerView = UIView()
+    var isAnimated: Bool = true
+    var isInteractive: Bool = false
+    var transitionWasCancelled: Bool = false
+    var presentationStyle: UIModalPresentationStyle = .custom
+    var targetTransform: CGAffineTransform = .identity
+    func updateInteractiveTransition(_ percentComplete: CGFloat) {}
+    func finishInteractiveTransition() {}
+    func cancelInteractiveTransition() {}
+    func pauseInteractiveTransition() {}
+    func view(forKey key: UITransitionContextViewKey) -> UIView? { nil }
+    func initialFrame(for vc: UIViewController) -> CGRect { .zero }
+    func finalFrame(for vc: UIViewController) -> CGRect { .zero }
+}
+