diff --git a/build/SharedVersion.props b/build/SharedVersion.props
index 240300b7e5..95556af160 100644
--- a/build/SharedVersion.props
+++ b/build/SharedVersion.props
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
avalonia;avaloniaui;mvvm;rx;reactive extensions;android;ios;mac;forms;wpf;net;netstandard;net461;uwp;xamarin
https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/releases
git
- $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\avalonia.snk
+ $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\avalonia.snk
+ True
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/VisualLayerManager.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/VisualLayerManager.cs
index 457a9ea282..d8d3450c6f 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/VisualLayerManager.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/VisualLayerManager.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
{
get
{
+ if (IsPopup)
+ return null;
var rv = FindLayer();
if (rv == null)
{