diff --git a/layout/xul/base/src/nsMenuBarFrame.cpp b/layout/xul/base/src/nsMenuBarFrame.cpp
index 81aea0522aa..3ed15bff66d 100644
--- a/layout/xul/base/src/nsMenuBarFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/xul/base/src/nsMenuBarFrame.cpp
@@ -705,20 +705,25 @@ nsMenuBarFrame :: KillPendingTimers ( )
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsMenuBarFrame::GetWidget(nsIWidget **aWidget)
 {
-  // We need to add the menubar to the submenu widget chain now, 
-  // because we no longer consume clicks outside the menu.
-  // If we don't, we won't toggle close when the user clicks
-  // a menu item that's open in the menu bar.
-  // We'd already be rolled up, so it would toggle
-  // open instead of closed.
-
+  // (pinkerton/hyatt)
+  // since the menubar is a menuparent but not a menuItem, the win32 rollup code
+  // would erroneously add the entire top-level window to the widget list built up for
+  // determining if a click is in a submenu's menu chain. To get around this, we just 
+  // don't let the menubar have a widget. Things seem to work because the dismissal
+  // listener is registered when a new menu is popped up, which is the only real reason
+  // why we need a widget at all.
   *aWidget = nsnull;
+  return NS_OK;
+
+#if DONT_WANT_TO_DO_THIS
+  // Get parent view
   nsIView * view = nsnull;
-  nsMenuPopupFrame::GetRootViewForPopup(mPresContext, this, &view);
+  nsMenuPopupFrame::GetNearestEnclosingView(mPresContext, this, &view);
   if (!view)
     return NS_OK;
 
-  return view->GetWidget(*aWidget);
+  view->GetWidget(*aWidget);
+#endif
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP