diff --git a/LayoutTests/imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/html/semantics/popovers/popover-nested-in-button-expected.txt b/LayoutTests/imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/html/semantics/popovers/popover-nested-in-button-expected.txt
index 54b765c0cbeaf..e5c2ab7e35e3d 100644
--- a/LayoutTests/imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/html/semantics/popovers/popover-nested-in-button-expected.txt
+++ b/LayoutTests/imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/html/semantics/popovers/popover-nested-in-button-expected.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Button   Button
 
-FAIL clicking a popover nested inside a button should not re-invoke the popover assert_true: Should still be open expected true got false
+PASS clicking a popover nested inside a button should not re-invoke the popover
 PASS corner case: invoker that is also a popover
-FAIL invoker inside popover still works, even with weird nesting assert_true: descendant doesn't close popover expected true got false
+PASS invoker inside popover still works, even with weird nesting
 
diff --git a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLButtonElement.cpp b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLButtonElement.cpp
index 7c364074c2bb2..ac9678394fca5 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLButtonElement.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLButtonElement.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void HTMLButtonElement::defaultEventHandler(Event& event)
         }
 
         if (!(protectedForm && m_type == SUBMIT))
-            handlePopoverTargetAction();
+            handlePopoverTargetAction(event.target());
 
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLFormControlElement.cpp b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLFormControlElement.cpp
index 452f2278da9e9..6b6845b1a8f4b 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLFormControlElement.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLFormControlElement.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void HTMLFormControlElement::setPopoverTargetAction(const AtomString& value)
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#popover-target-attribute-activation-behavior
-void HTMLFormControlElement::handlePopoverTargetAction() const
+void HTMLFormControlElement::handlePopoverTargetAction(const EventTarget* eventTarget) const
 {
     RefPtr target = popoverTargetElement();
     if (!target)
@@ -403,6 +403,11 @@ void HTMLFormControlElement::handlePopoverTargetAction() const
 
     ASSERT(target->popoverData());
 
+    if (RefPtr eventTargetElement = dynamicDowncast<Node>(eventTarget)) {
+        if (target->containsIncludingShadowDOM(eventTargetElement.get()) && target.get()->isDescendantOrShadowDescendantOf(this))
+            return;
+    }
+
     auto action = popoverTargetAction();
     bool canHide = action == hideAtom() || action == toggleAtom();
     bool shouldHide = canHide && target->popoverData()->visibilityState() == PopoverVisibilityState::Showing;
diff --git a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLFormControlElement.h b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLFormControlElement.h
index 5d5fed4eb89be..084b1b14e734e 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLFormControlElement.h
+++ b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLFormControlElement.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class HTMLFormControlElement : public HTMLElement, public ValidatedFormListedEle
 
     void dispatchBlurEvent(RefPtr<Element>&& newFocusedElement) override;
 
-    void handlePopoverTargetAction() const;
+    void handlePopoverTargetAction(const EventTarget*) const;
 
     CommandType commandType() const;
     void handleCommand();
diff --git a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLInputElement.cpp b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLInputElement.cpp
index 47527d3de5602..faa38c3cc888a 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLInputElement.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLInputElement.cpp
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ void HTMLInputElement::defaultEventHandler(Event& event)
         if (commandForElement())
             handleCommand();
         else
-            handlePopoverTargetAction();
+            handlePopoverTargetAction(event.target());
         if (event.defaultHandled())
             return;
     }