diff --git a/docs/src/app/(private)/experiments/motion.tsx b/docs/src/app/(private)/experiments/motion.tsx
index 9a8ff70274..9884aa0a92 100644
--- a/docs/src/app/(private)/experiments/motion.tsx
+++ b/docs/src/app/(private)/experiments/motion.tsx
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ function AlwaysMounted() {
 
 function NoOpacity() {
   const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
-  const action = React.useRef({ unmount: () => {} });
+  const actionRef = React.useRef({ unmount: () => {} });
 
   return (
-    <Popover.Root open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen} action={action}>
+    <Popover.Root open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen} action={actionRef}>
       <Popover.Trigger>Trigger</Popover.Trigger>
       <AnimatePresence>
         {open && (
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ function NoOpacity() {
                     animate={{ scale: 1 }}
                     exit={{ scale: 0 }}
                     onAnimationComplete={() => {
-                      if (!open) {
-                        action.current.unmount();
-                      }
+                      actionRef.current.unmount();
                     }}
                   />
                 }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/popover/root/usePopoverRoot.ts b/packages/react/src/popover/root/usePopoverRoot.ts
index 4ae27516f8..3f6bc4a769 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/popover/root/usePopoverRoot.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/popover/root/usePopoverRoot.ts
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ export function usePopoverRoot(params: usePopoverRoot.Parameters): usePopoverRoo
   );
 
   const handleUnmount = useEventCallback(() => {
-    setMounted(false);
-    setOpenReason(null);
+    if (!open) {
+      setMounted(false);
+      setOpenReason(null);
+    }
   });
 
   useAfterExitAnimation({
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ export namespace usePopoverRoot {
      */
     closeDelay?: number;
     /**
-     * A ref to manually unmount the popover.
+     * A ref to imperative actions.
      */
     action?: React.RefObject<{ unmount: () => void }>;
   }