diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form.pm
index 4c6bf485d..8486fa911 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form.pm
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Dynamically creates functions on the fly for all the different form control type
 
 sub AUTOLOAD {
 	our $AUTOLOAD;
+    return if $AUTOLOAD =~ m/::DESTROY$/;
 	my $name = ucfirst((split /::/, $AUTOLOAD)[-1]);	
 	my $session = shift;
 	my @params = @_;
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/FormValidator.pm b/lib/WebGUI/FormValidator.pm
index 9df082177..9920cd004 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/FormValidator.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/FormValidator.pm
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ sub AUTOLOAD {
 	my $params	= shift;
 	my @args	= @_;
 
+    return if $AUTOLOAD =~ m/::DESTROY$/;
 	my $name = ucfirst((split /::/, $AUTOLOAD)[-1]);
 	$params = {name=>$params} if ref ($params) ne "HASH";
     my $control = eval { WebGUI::Pluggable::instanciate("WebGUI::Form::".$name, "new", [ $self->session, $params ]) };