diff --git a/crates/egui/src/containers/popup.rs b/crates/egui/src/containers/popup.rs
index a9c00661d23..bd91a170d9a 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/containers/popup.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/containers/popup.rs
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ impl<'a> Popup<'a> {
         });
 
         // If the popup was just opened with a click, we don't want to immediately close it again.
-        let close_click = was_open_last_frame && ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_click());
+        let close_click = was_open_last_frame && ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed());
 
         let closed_by_click = match close_behavior {
             PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClick => close_click,