diff --git a/view/src/nsView.cpp b/view/src/nsView.cpp
index 494c6fb1071..371dbef9a07 100644
--- a/view/src/nsView.cpp
+++ b/view/src/nsView.cpp
@@ -345,18 +345,20 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsView::HandleEvent(nsGUIEvent *event, PRUint32 aEventFlags,
         event->point.y += trect.y;
       }
  
-      if (mChildRemoved) {
-        // a child has been removed as the result of the HandleEvent
-        // so pick up at the same relative position in the child list.
-        // We may end up skipping over a child depending on which child
-        // or the number of children removed from the list, but this should
-        // not be an issue since it is unusual to have the views destroyed
-        // while traversing this list and the only negative effect will be
-        // that the event is dispatched to a view underneath the intended view.
-        pKid = GetChild(cnt);
-      } else {
-        pKid = pKid->GetNextSibling();
-      } 
+      if (!aHandled) {
+        if (mChildRemoved) {
+          // a child has been removed as the result of the HandleEvent
+          // so pick up at the same relative position in the child list.
+          // We may end up skipping over a child depending on which child
+          // or the number of children removed from the list, but this should
+          // not be an issue since it is unusual to have the views destroyed
+          // while traversing this list and the only negative effect will be
+          // that the event is dispatched to a view underneath the intended view.
+          pKid = GetChild(cnt);
+        } else {
+          pKid = pKid->GetNextSibling();
+        } 
+      }
       cnt++;
     }
   }