diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d
index 02526269..29def03b 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d
@@ -527,13 +527,12 @@ class MenuWidgetBase : ListWidget {
 			// copy item action listeners
 			Signal!MenuItemActionHandler onMenuItemActionListenerCopy = onMenuItemActionListener;
 
+			handleMenuItemClick(item);
+
 			PopupWidget popup = cast(PopupWidget)parent;
 			if (popup)
 				popup.close();
 
-			handleMenuItemClick(item);
-
-
 			// this pointer now can be invalid - if popup removed
 			if (onMenuItemClickListenerCopy.assigned)
 				if (onMenuItemClickListenerCopy(item))