diff --git a/gdk/quartz/gdkevents-quartz.c b/gdk/quartz/gdkevents-quartz.c
index 195899b13b..67e3f8ee17 100644
--- a/gdk/quartz/gdkevents-quartz.c
+++ b/gdk/quartz/gdkevents-quartz.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ _gdk_quartz_events_send_map_event (GdkWindow *window)
 }
 
 static NSView *
-find_nsview_at_pos (GdkWindowImplQuartz *impl, gint x, gint y)
+find_nsview_at_pos (GdkWindowImplQuartz *impl, gint x, gint y, bool dont_recurse)
 {
   NSView *view = impl->view;
   guint n_subviews;
@@ -748,7 +748,10 @@ find_nsview_at_pos (GdkWindowImplQuartz *impl, gint x, gint y)
       if (r.origin.x <= x && r.origin.x + r.size.width >= x &&
           r.origin.y <= y && r.origin.y + r.size.height >= y)
         {
-          NSView* child = find_nsview_at_pos (impl, x - r.origin.x, y - r.origin.y);
+          if (dont_recurse)
+            return sv;
+
+          NSView* child = find_nsview_at_pos (impl, x - r.origin.x, y - r.origin.y, TRUE);
           if (child != NULL)
             return child;
           else
@@ -932,7 +935,7 @@ find_window_for_ns_event (NSEvent *nsevent,
                 toplevel_private = (GdkWindowObject *)toplevel;
                 toplevel_impl = (GdkWindowImplQuartz *)toplevel_private->impl;
 
-                subview = find_nsview_at_pos (toplevel_impl, *x, *y);
+                subview = find_nsview_at_pos (toplevel_impl, *x, *y, FALSE);
                 if (subview != NULL && ![subview isKindOfClass:[GdkQuartzView class]]) {
                   g_signal_emit_by_name (toplevel, "native-child-event",
                                          subview, nsevent);