diff --git a/js/ui/dnd.js b/js/ui/dnd.js
index 61776da91..a755057f1 100644
--- a/js/ui/dnd.js
+++ b/js/ui/dnd.js
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ _Draggable.prototype = {
 
         this.actor.connect('destroy', Lang.bind(this, function() {
             this._actorDestroyed = true;
+            // If the drag actor is destroyed and we were going to fix
+            // up its hover state, fix up the parent hover state instead
+            if (this.actor == this._firstLeaveActor)
+                this._firstLeaveActor = this._dragOrigParent;
             if (this._dragInProgress)
                 this._cancelDrag(global.get_current_time());
             this.disconnectAll();
@@ -101,6 +105,12 @@ _Draggable.prototype = {
         this._dragInProgress = false; // The drag has been started, and has not been dropped or cancelled yet.
         this._animationInProgress = false; // The drag is over and the item is in the process of animating to its original position (snapping back or reverting).
 
+        // During the drag, we eat enter/leave events so that actors don't prelight or show
+        // tooltips. But we remember the actors that we first left/last entered so we can
+        // fix up the hover state after the drag ends.
+        this._firstLeaveActor = null;
+        this._lastEnterActor = null;
+
         this._eventsGrabbed = false;
     },
 
@@ -200,6 +210,11 @@ _Draggable.prototype = {
                 this._cancelDrag(event.get_time());
                 return true;
             }
+        } else if (event.type() == Clutter.EventType.LEAVE) {
+            if (this._firstLeaveActor == null)
+                this._firstLeaveActor = event.get_source();
+        } else if (event.type() == Clutter.EventType.ENTER) {
+            this._lastEnterActor = event.get_source();
         }
 
         return false;
@@ -487,7 +502,7 @@ _Draggable.prototype = {
         if (this._actorDestroyed) {
             global.unset_cursor();
             if (!this._buttonDown)
-                this._ungrabEvents();
+                this._dragComplete();
             this.emit('drag-end', eventTime, false);
             return;
         }
@@ -544,12 +559,36 @@ _Draggable.prototype = {
             this._dragComplete();
     },
 
+    // Actor is an actor we have entered or left during the drag; call
+    // st_widget_sync_hover on all StWidget ancestors
+    _syncHover: function(actor) {
+        while (actor) {
+            let parent = actor.get_parent();
+            if (actor instanceof St.Widget)
+                actor.sync_hover();
+
+            actor = parent;
+        }
+    },
+
     _dragComplete: function() {
-        Shell.util_set_hidden_from_pick(this._dragActor, false);
+        if (!this._actorDestroyed)
+            Shell.util_set_hidden_from_pick(this._dragActor, false);
+
+        this._ungrabEvents();
+
+        if (this._firstLeaveActor) {
+            this._syncHover(this._firstLeaveActor);
+            this._firstLeaveActor = null;
+        }
+
+        if (this._lastEnterActor) {
+            this._syncHover(this._lastEnterActor);
+            this._lastEnterActor = null;
+        }
 
         this._dragActor = undefined;
         currentDraggable = null;
-        this._ungrabEvents();
     }
 };