diff --git a/src/safari/app/desktop/safari/SafariExtensionHandler.swift b/src/safari/app/desktop/safari/SafariExtensionHandler.swift
index d578da4a25..ac5e2bf7e5 100644
--- a/src/safari/app/desktop/safari/SafariExtensionHandler.swift
+++ b/src/safari/app/desktop/safari/SafariExtensionHandler.swift
@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@ class SafariExtensionHandler: SFSafariExtensionHandler {
     }
 
     override func popoverWillShow(in _: SFSafariWindow) {
+        SafariExtensionViewController.shared.popoverOpenCount += 1
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             self.sendMessage(msg: ["command": "reloadPopup"], sender: nil)
         }
     }
     
+    override func popoverDidClose(in _: SFSafariWindow) {
+        SafariExtensionViewController.shared.popoverOpenCount -= 1
+    }
+    
     func sendMessage(msg: [String: Any]?, sender: Tab? = nil) {
         if SafariExtensionViewController.shared.webView == nil {
             return
diff --git a/src/safari/app/desktop/safari/SafariExtensionViewController.swift b/src/safari/app/desktop/safari/SafariExtensionViewController.swift
index 847484ae0a..96103bcbed 100644
--- a/src/safari/app/desktop/safari/SafariExtensionViewController.swift
+++ b/src/safari/app/desktop/safari/SafariExtensionViewController.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import WebKit
 class SafariExtensionViewController: SFSafariExtensionViewController, WKScriptMessageHandler, WKNavigationDelegate {
     var webView: WKWebView!
     var initedWebView: Bool = false
+    var popoverOpenCount: Int = 0
 
     static let shared: SafariExtensionViewController = {
         let shared = SafariExtensionViewController()
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ class SafariExtensionViewController: SFSafariExtensionViewController, WKScriptMe
                 })
             }
         } else if command == "isPopoverOpen" {
-            m!.responseData = "true";
+            m!.responseData = popoverOpenCount > 0 ? "true" : "false";
             replyMessage(message: m!)
         } else if command == "reloadExtension" {
             webView?.reload()