diff --git a/salt/cloud/__init__.py b/salt/cloud/__init__.py
index af6b67c9f0..a777c26a2d 100644
--- a/salt/cloud/__init__.py
+++ b/salt/cloud/__init__.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def enter_mainloop(target,
         iterable = [[queue, [arg], kwargs] for arg in mapped_args]
         ret = pool.map(func=target, iterable=iterable)
     else:
-        ret = pool.apply(target, [queue, args,  kwargs])
+        ret = pool.apply(target, [queue, args, kwargs])
     while True:
         test = queue.get()
         if test in ['ERROR', 'KEYBOARDINT']:
@@ -791,7 +791,8 @@ class Cloud(object):
                 if driver not in processed[alias]:
                     processed[alias][driver] = {}
                 processed[alias][driver][name] = ret_multip[name]
-                names.remove(name)
+                if name in names:
+                    names.remove(name)
 
         # not destroying in parallel
         else:
@@ -808,7 +809,8 @@ class Cloud(object):
                 if driver not in processed[alias]:
                     processed[alias][driver] = {}
                 processed[alias][driver][name] = ret
-                names.remove(name)
+                if name in names:
+                    names.remove(name)
 
         # now the processed data structure contains the output from either
         # the parallel or non-parallel destroy and we should finish up