diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
index 7955aac5e52d3a7fce7299b2d811636a9db2b085..1a8c8600bf5bcbde37d0d4fcfb8a2133bba3766d 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
@@ -3990,6 +3990,10 @@ impl Editor {
             return true;
         }
 
+        if self.hide_blame_popover(true, cx) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if hide_hover(self, cx) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -6839,13 +6843,15 @@ impl Editor {
         }
     }
 
-    fn hide_blame_popover(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+    fn hide_blame_popover(&mut self, ignore_timeout: bool, cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> bool {
         self.inline_blame_popover_show_task.take();
         if let Some(state) = &mut self.inline_blame_popover {
             let hide_task = cx.spawn(async move |editor, cx| {
-                cx.background_executor()
-                    .timer(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100))
-                    .await;
+                if !ignore_timeout {
+                    cx.background_executor()
+                        .timer(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100))
+                        .await;
+                }
                 editor
                     .update(cx, |editor, cx| {
                         editor.inline_blame_popover.take();
@@ -6854,6 +6860,9 @@ impl Editor {
                     .ok();
             });
             state.hide_task = Some(hide_task);
+            true
+        } else {
+            false
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/element.rs b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
index 65c9d1dbc78d14ab1419118f1d56d2b10a494ba6..c726de49475ac62eb6c04c05f8163a17218e57cf 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
@@ -1207,10 +1207,10 @@ impl EditorElement {
             if mouse_over_inline_blame || mouse_over_popover {
                 editor.show_blame_popover(*buffer_id, blame_entry, event.position, false, cx);
             } else if !keyboard_grace {
-                editor.hide_blame_popover(cx);
+                editor.hide_blame_popover(false, cx);
             }
         } else {
-            editor.hide_blame_popover(cx);
+            editor.hide_blame_popover(false, cx);
         }
 
         let breakpoint_indicator = if gutter_hovered {