diff --git a/src/layout/DwindleLayout.cpp b/src/layout/DwindleLayout.cpp
index 6d66fb14..c6bfc6e5 100644
--- a/src/layout/DwindleLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/layout/DwindleLayout.cpp
@@ -469,15 +469,11 @@ void CHyprDwindleLayout::onWindowRemovedTiling(CWindow* pWindow) {
 
             PNEXT->position = PNODE->position;
             PNEXT->size = PNODE->size;
-
-            applyNodeDataToWindow(PNEXT);
         } else {
             const auto PHEAD = PNODE->getGroupHead();
 
             PNEXT->position = PHEAD->position;
             PNEXT->size = PHEAD->size;
-
-            applyNodeDataToWindow(PNEXT);
         }
 
         PNEXT->setGroupFocusedNode(PNEXT);
@@ -485,6 +481,8 @@ void CHyprDwindleLayout::onWindowRemovedTiling(CWindow* pWindow) {
 
         m_lDwindleNodesData.remove(*PNODE);
 
+        applyNodeDataToWindow(PNEXT);
+
         if (!PNEXT->isGroupMember()) {
             // means we dissolved the group
             recalculateMonitor(PNEXT->pWindow->m_iMonitorID);