diff --git a/components/link_tooltip/link_tooltip.jsx b/components/link_tooltip/link_tooltip.jsx
index c58bdd05a11b..036c12e3b230 100644
--- a/components/link_tooltip/link_tooltip.jsx
+++ b/components/link_tooltip/link_tooltip.jsx
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ export default class LinkTooltip extends React.PureComponent {
 
                 tooltipContainer.show();
                 tooltipContainer.children().on('mouseover', () => clearTimeout(this.hideTimeout));
-                tooltipContainer.children().on('mouseleave', this.hideTooltip);
+                tooltipContainer.children().on('mouseleave', (event) => {
+                    if (event.toElement !== null) {
+                        this.hideTooltip();
+                    }
+                });
 
                 this.popper = new Popper(target, tooltipContainer, {
                     placement: 'bottom',