diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
index cad4f757e..cfe0a8261 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ struct Sculpt::Main : Input_event_handler,
 			 && !_graph.add_button_hovered()) {
 
 				_popup.state = Popup::OFF;
+				_popup_dialog.reset_hover();
 
 				/* de-select '+' button */
 				_graph._gen_graph_dialog();
@@ -406,6 +407,7 @@ struct Sculpt::Main : Input_event_handler,
 
 		/* close popup menu */
 		_popup.state = Popup::OFF;
+		_popup_dialog.reset_hover();
 		_handle_window_layout();
 
 		/* reset state of the '+' button */
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/popup_dialog.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/popup_dialog.h
index 57cd48c3c..69268fbda 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/popup_dialog.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/popup_dialog.h
@@ -102,6 +102,23 @@ struct Sculpt::Popup_dialog
 		action.launch_global(_item._hovered);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * XXX
+	 *
+	 * This method should not be needed. However, in some situations,
+	 * the popup menu_view does not receive a leave event when the popup
+	 * is closed, to the effect of maintaining stale hover information
+	 * instead of generating an empty hover report. So from the sculpt-
+	 * manager's point of view, the popup is still hovered even if it is
+	 * actually closed. The 'reset_hover' shortcuts the regular hover
+	 * update in this situation.
+	 */
+	void reset_hover()
+	{
+		_item._hovered = Hoverable_item::Id();
+		_hovered = false;
+	}
+
 	Popup_dialog(Env &env, Launchers const &launchers,
 	             Runtime_info const &runtime_info)
 	: