Getting error when trying to delete record from hasMany collection

ember-data@2.5.3
ember@2.4.3

I am getting the following error "Cannot set property 'jqXHR' of undefined" when attempting to delete a record. The item has already been deleted via model.deleteRecord, I am now trying to persist it to the server. I have tried this with both item.save() and item.destroyRecord() any ideas of what this message means? The request never actually reaches the server.