patternfly
diff --git a/‎packages/react-core/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 6 deletions b/‎packages/react-core/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 6 deletions
diff --git a/‎packages/react-core/src/components/Menu/MenuList.tsx‎
Lines changed: 11 additions & 1 deletion b/‎packages/react-core/src/components/Menu/MenuList.tsx‎
Lines changed: 11 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ const MenuItemBase: React.FunctionComponent<MenuItemProps> = ({
     if (disableHover) {
       return;
     }
-    if (hasFlyout) {
+    if (hasFlyout && !isAriaDisabled) {
       showFlyout(true);
     } else {
       setFlyoutRef(null);
@@ -445,11 +445,7 @@ const MenuItemBase: React.FunctionComponent<MenuItemProps> = ({
           isDanger && styles.modifiers.danger,
           className
         )}
-        onMouseOver={() => {
-          if (!isAriaDisabled) {
-            onMouseOver();
-          }
-        }}
+        onMouseOver={onMouseOver}
         {...(flyoutMenu && !isAriaDisabled && { onKeyDown: handleFlyout })}
         ref={ref}
         role={!hasCheckbox ? 'none' : 'menuitem'}
 
@@ -21,16 +21,26 @@ export const MenuList: React.FunctionComponent<MenuListProps> = ({
   className,
   isAriaMultiselectable = false,
   'aria-label': ariaLabel,
+  onMouseOver,
   ...props
 }: MenuListProps) => {
-  const { role } = useContext(MenuContext);
+  const { role, setFlyoutRef, disableHover } = useContext(MenuContext);
+
+  // Clear flyout reference when mouse is over the menu list itself, but not over a menu item
+  const handleMouseOver = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLUListElement>) => {
+    if (!disableHover && event.target === event.currentTarget) {
+      setFlyoutRef?.(null);
+    }
+    onMouseOver?.(event);
+  };
 
   return (
     <ul
       role={role}
       {...(role === 'listbox' && { 'aria-multiselectable': isAriaMultiselectable })}
       className={css(styles.menuList, className)}
       aria-label={ariaLabel}
+      onMouseOver={handleMouseOver}
       {...props}
     >
       {children}