diff --git a/io/router/pointer.go b/io/router/pointer.go
index 250b5338..49059951 100644
--- a/io/router/pointer.go
+++ b/io/router/pointer.go
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ func (q *pointerQueue) Push(e pointer.Event, events *handlerEvents) {
 	}
 
 	if e.Type == pointer.Release {
+		q.deliverEvent(p, events, e)
 		p.pressed = false
 	}
 	q.scratch = q.scratch[:0]
@@ -259,9 +260,6 @@ func (q *pointerQueue) Push(e pointer.Event, events *handlerEvents) {
 	}
 	q.deliverEnterLeaveEvents(p, q.scratch, events, e)
 
-	if e.Type == pointer.Release {
-		q.deliverEvent(p, events, e)
-	}
 	if !p.pressed {
 		p.handlers = append(p.handlers[:0], q.scratch...)
 	}
diff --git a/io/router/pointer_test.go b/io/router/pointer_test.go
index 2cc6a4f3..03c78a22 100644
--- a/io/router/pointer_test.go
+++ b/io/router/pointer_test.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func TestPointerEnterLeave(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	assertEventSequence(t, r.Events(handler1), pointer.Enter)
 	// The second handler gets the release event because the press started inside it.
-	assertEventSequence(t, r.Events(handler2), pointer.Leave, pointer.Release)
+	assertEventSequence(t, r.Events(handler2), pointer.Release, pointer.Leave)
 
 }
 
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func TestPointerEnterLeaveNested(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	)
 	assertEventSequence(t, r.Events(handler1), pointer.Release)
-	assertEventSequence(t, r.Events(handler2), pointer.Leave, pointer.Release)
+	assertEventSequence(t, r.Events(handler2), pointer.Release, pointer.Leave)
 }
 
 func TestPointerActiveInputDisappears(t *testing.T) {