diff --git a/src/testdir/test_popupwin.vim b/src/testdir/test_popupwin.vim
index 60dc5d9..a256ddf 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_popupwin.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_popupwin.vim
@@ -4205,5 +4205,11 @@
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+func Test_popup_close_callback_recursive()
+  " this invokes the callback recursively
+  let winid = popup_create('something', #{callback: 'popup_close'})
+  redraw
+  call assert_fails('call popup_close(winid)', 'E169')
+endfunc
 
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2