diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index 69deeb5..ad481fa 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void chvt(const Arg *arg);
 static void cleanup(void);
 static void cleanupkeyboard(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data);
 static void cleanupmon(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data);
-static void closemon(Monitor *m, Monitor *newmon);
+static void closemon(Monitor *m);
 static void commitlayersurfacenotify(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data);
 static void commitnotify(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data);
 static void createkeyboard(struct wlr_input_device *device);
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ void
 cleanupmon(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
 {
 	struct wlr_output *wlr_output = data;
-	Monitor *m = wlr_output->data, *newmon;
+	Monitor *m = wlr_output->data;
 
 	wl_list_remove(&m->destroy.link);
 	wl_list_remove(&m->frame.link);
@@ -696,24 +696,26 @@ cleanupmon(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
 	wlr_output_layout_remove(output_layout, m->wlr_output);
 
 	updatemons();
-	closemon(m, wl_container_of(mons.next, newmon, link));
+
+	selmon = wl_container_of(mons.next, selmon, link);
+	focusclient(selclient(), focustop(selmon), 1);
+	closemon(m);
+
 	free(m);
 }
 
 void
-closemon(Monitor *m, Monitor *newmon)
+closemon(Monitor *m)
 {
-	// move all the clients on a closed monitor to another one
+	// move closed monitor's clients to the focused one
 	Client *c;
 
-	selmon = newmon;
-	focusclient(selclient(), focustop(newmon), 1);
 	wl_list_for_each(c, &clients, link) {
 		if (c->isfloating && c->geom.x > m->m.width)
 			resize(c, c->geom.x - m->w.width, c->geom.y,
 				c->geom.width, c->geom.height, 0);
 		if (c->mon == m)
-			setmon(c, newmon, c->tags);
+			setmon(c, selmon, c->tags);
 	}
 }