diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
index 7262d945c5..ab0aa6c890 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ namespace MWLua
 
     void LuaManager::applyDelayedActions()
     {
+        mApplyingDelayedActions = true;
         for (DelayedAction& action : mActionQueue)
             action.apply();
         mActionQueue.clear();
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         if (mTeleportPlayerAction)
             mTeleportPlayerAction->apply();
         mTeleportPlayerAction.reset();
+        mApplyingDelayedActions = false;
     }
 
     void LuaManager::clear()
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ namespace MWLua
             return;
         PlayerScripts* playerScripts = dynamic_cast<PlayerScripts*>(mPlayer.getRefData().getLuaScripts());
         if (playerScripts)
-            playerScripts->uiModeChanged(arg);
+            playerScripts->uiModeChanged(arg, mApplyingDelayedActions);
     }
 
     void LuaManager::objectAddedToScene(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr)
@@ -558,6 +560,8 @@ namespace MWLua
 
     void LuaManager::addAction(std::function<void()> action, std::string_view name)
     {
+        if (mApplyingDelayedActions)
+            throw std::runtime_error("DelayedAction is not allowed to create another DelayedAction");
         mActionQueue.emplace_back(&mLua, std::move(action), name);
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
index 03efa3f066..c14c9ace5b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         bool mInitialized = false;
         bool mGlobalScriptsStarted = false;
         bool mProcessingInputEvents = false;
+        bool mApplyingDelayedActions = false;
         bool mNewGameStarted = false;
         LuaUtil::ScriptsConfiguration mConfiguration;
         LuaUtil::LuaState mLua;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/playerscripts.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/playerscripts.hpp
index de48064734..e8cad4968c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/playerscripts.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/playerscripts.hpp
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ namespace MWLua
         }
 
         // `arg` is either forwarded from MWGui::pushGuiMode or empty
-        void uiModeChanged(const MWWorld::Ptr& arg)
+        void uiModeChanged(const MWWorld::Ptr& arg, bool byLuaAction)
         {
             if (arg.isEmpty())
-                callEngineHandlers(mUiModeChanged);
+                callEngineHandlers(mUiModeChanged, byLuaAction);
             else
-                callEngineHandlers(mUiModeChanged, LObject(arg));
+                callEngineHandlers(mUiModeChanged, byLuaAction, LObject(arg));
         }
 
     private:
diff --git a/files/data/scripts/omw/ui.lua b/files/data/scripts/omw/ui.lua
index 8199aec8f0..5837b01f36 100644
--- a/files/data/scripts/omw/ui.lua
+++ b/files/data/scripts/omw/ui.lua
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ local function removeMode(mode)
 end
 
 local oldMode = nil
-local function onUiModeChanged(arg)
+local function onUiModeChanged(changedByLua, arg)
     local newStack = ui._getUiModeStack()
     for i = 1, math.max(#modeStack, #newStack) do
         modeStack[i] = newStack[i]
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ local function onUiModeChanged(arg)
     end
     local mode = newStack[#newStack]
     if mode then
+        if not changedByLua then
+            updateHidden(mode)
+        end
         for _, w in pairs(ui._getAllowedWindows(mode)) do
             local state = replacedWindows[w]
             if state and not hiddenWindows[w] then