diff --git a/js/ui/altTab.js b/js/ui/altTab.js
index d0c3713cf..885727158 100644
--- a/js/ui/altTab.js
+++ b/js/ui/altTab.js
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ var AppSwitcherPopup = new Lang.Class({
     _windowActivated(thumbnailList, n) {
         let appIcon = this._items[this._selectedIndex];
         Main.activateWindow(appIcon.cachedWindows[n]);
-        this.destroy();
+        this.fadeAndDestroy();
     },
 
     _windowEntered(thumbnailList, n) {
diff --git a/js/ui/status/keyboard.js b/js/ui/status/keyboard.js
index a17e9c43b..b0cc9bb00 100644
--- a/js/ui/status/keyboard.js
+++ b/js/ui/status/keyboard.js
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ var InputSourceManager = new Lang.Class({
 
         let popup = new InputSourcePopup(this._mruSources, this._keybindingAction, this._keybindingActionBackward);
         if (!popup.show(binding.is_reversed(), binding.get_name(), binding.get_mask()))
-            popup.destroy();
+            popup.fadeAndDestroy();
     },
 
     _keyboardOptionsChanged() {
diff --git a/js/ui/switcherPopup.js b/js/ui/switcherPopup.js
index d645f1df9..9c392f9be 100644
--- a/js/ui/switcherPopup.js
+++ b/js/ui/switcherPopup.js
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ var SwitcherPopup = new Lang.Class({
         // Note: pressing one of the below keys will destroy the popup only if
         // that key is not used by the active popup's keyboard shortcut
         if (keysym == Clutter.Escape || keysym == Clutter.Tab)
-            this.destroy();
+            this.fadeAndDestroy();
 
         return Clutter.EVENT_STOP;
     },
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ var SwitcherPopup = new Lang.Class({
     },
 
     _clickedOutside(actor, event) {
-        this.destroy();
+        this.fadeAndDestroy();
         return Clutter.EVENT_PROPAGATE;
     },
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ var SwitcherPopup = new Lang.Class({
             let newIndex = Math.min(n, this._items.length - 1);
             this._select(newIndex);
         } else {
-            this.actor.destroy();
+            this.fadeAndDestroy();
         }
     },
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ var SwitcherPopup = new Lang.Class({
         }
     },
 
-    destroy() {
+    fadeAndDestroy() {
         this._popModal();
         if (this.actor.visible) {
             Tweener.addTween(this.actor,
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ var SwitcherPopup = new Lang.Class({
     },
 
     _finish(timestamp) {
-        this.destroy();
+        this.fadeAndDestroy();
     },
 
     _onDestroy() {