diff --git a/src/core/utilities.cpp b/src/core/utilities.cpp
index 7ed5a6052..c67145ee0 100644
--- a/src/core/utilities.cpp
+++ b/src/core/utilities.cpp
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ void ForwardMouseEvent(const QMouseEvent* e, QWidget* target) {
   QMouseEvent c(e->type(), target->mapFromGlobal(e->globalPos()),
                 e->globalPos(), e->button(), e->buttons(), e->modifiers());
 
-  target->setAttribute(Qt::WA_UnderMouse, true);
   QApplication::sendEvent(target, &c);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
index b02ff0510..722557f0a 100644
--- a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
+++ b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ bool GlobalSearchTooltip::event(QEvent* e) {
       QWidget* child = event_target_->childAt(
             event_target_->mapFromGlobal(me->globalPos()));
 
+      if (child)
+        child->setAttribute(Qt::WA_UnderMouse, true);
+
       Utilities::ForwardMouseEvent(me, child ? child : event_target_);
       return true;
     }