diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/PresenceChild.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/PresenceChild.tsx
index 8befa0690c..a358dc9de0 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/PresenceChild.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/PresenceChild.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 "use client"
 
 import * as React from "react"
-import { useId, useMemo } from "react"
+import { useId, useMemo, useRef } from "react"
 import {
     PresenceContext,
     type PresenceContextProps,
 } from "../../context/PresenceContext"
 import { VariantLabels } from "../../motion/types"
 import { useConstant } from "../../utils/use-constant"
+import { useIsomorphicLayoutEffect } from "../../utils/use-isomorphic-effect"
 import { PopChild } from "./PopChild"
 
 interface PresenceChildProps {
@@ -38,6 +39,15 @@ export const PresenceChild = ({
     const presenceChildren = useConstant(newChildrenMap)
     const id = useId()
 
+    // Written in a layout effect (not render) so discarded concurrent
+    // renders can't leave the refs pointing at uncommitted state.
+    const isPresentRef = useRef(isPresent)
+    const onExitCompleteRef = useRef(onExitComplete)
+    useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
+        isPresentRef.current = isPresent
+        onExitCompleteRef.current = onExitComplete
+    })
+
     let isReusedContext = true
     let context = useMemo((): PresenceContextProps => {
         isReusedContext = false
@@ -57,7 +67,12 @@ export const PresenceChild = ({
             },
             register: (childId: string) => {
                 presenceChildren.set(childId, false)
-                return () => presenceChildren.delete(childId)
+                return () => {
+                    presenceChildren.delete(childId)
+                    !isPresentRef.current &&
+                        !presenceChildren.size &&
+                        onExitCompleteRef.current?.()
+                }
             },
         }
     }, [isPresent, presenceChildren, onExitComplete])
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/__tests__/AnimatePresence.test.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/__tests__/AnimatePresence.test.tsx
index 29a357b154..2cf43ad2da 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/__tests__/AnimatePresence.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/__tests__/AnimatePresence.test.tsx
@@ -1801,4 +1801,59 @@ describe("AnimatePresence with custom components", () => {
         // Child should have been removed after exit animation completes
         expect(container.childElementCount).toBe(0)
     })
+
+    test("Removes child when motion components inside unmount during exit (#3243)", async () => {
+        /**
+         * Reproduction for #3243: when an exit animation has been
+         * triggered for a child of AnimatePresence and the only motion
+         * component inside that child then unmounts on a subsequent
+         * render, the exit state should not get stuck. With no motion
+         * components left to drive the exit animation, PresenceChild
+         * should detect all children have unregistered and call
+         * onExitComplete.
+         */
+        let setChildOpen: ((open: boolean) => void) | null = null
+
+        const Child = () => {
+            const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = React.useState(true)
+            setChildOpen = setIsOpen
+            return isOpen ? (
+                <motion.div
+                    data-testid="motion"
+                    exit={{ opacity: 0 }}
+                    transition={{ duration: 10 }}
+                />
+            ) : (
+                <div data-testid="closed">closed</div>
+            )
+        }
+
+        const Component = ({ isVisible }: { isVisible: boolean }) => (
+            <AnimatePresence>
+                {isVisible && <Child key="child" />}
+            </AnimatePresence>
+        )
+
+        const { container, rerender } = render(<Component isVisible />)
+
+        // Step 1: trigger exit. Child still renders motion.div, so
+        // PresenceChild flips isPresent=false while a motion child is
+        // still registered.
+        rerender(<Component isVisible={false} />)
+
+        // Step 2: child internally re-renders without the motion
+        // component. Without the fix, PresenceChild never detects that
+        // all motion children have unregistered, so onExitComplete is
+        // never fired and the wrapper stays in the DOM forever.
+        await act(async () => {
+            setChildOpen!(false)
+        })
+
+        await act(async () => {
+            await nextFrame()
+            await nextFrame()
+        })
+
+        expect(container.childElementCount).toBe(0)
+    })
 })