diff --git a/panda/src/gui/guiButton.I b/panda/src/gui/guiButton.I
index 68e1865046..07c8973297 100644
--- a/panda/src/gui/guiButton.I
+++ b/panda/src/gui/guiButton.I
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ INLINE void GuiButton::up(void) {
     gui_cat->warning() << "got up from invalid state (" << (int)_state << "),"
 		       << " button '" << this->get_name() << "'" << endl;
   }
-  this->reset_behavior();
 }
 
 INLINE void GuiButton::down(void) {
diff --git a/panda/src/gui/guiButton.cxx b/panda/src/gui/guiButton.cxx
index 0427f3df78..d70945885a 100644
--- a/panda/src/gui/guiButton.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/gui/guiButton.cxx
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ void GuiButton::stop_behavior(void) {
 }
 
 void GuiButton::reset_behavior(void) {
+  gui_cat->debug() << this->get_name() << "::reset_behavior()" << endl;
   GuiBehavior::reset_behavior();
   if (_mgr == (GuiManager*)0L)
     return;