diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index 9e8c527..f688bf6 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);
+static void closemon(Monitor *m, Monitor *newmon);
 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;
+	Monitor *m = wlr_output->data, *newmon;
 
 	wl_list_remove(&m->destroy.link);
 	wl_list_remove(&m->frame.link);
@@ -696,27 +696,22 @@ cleanupmon(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
 	wlr_output_layout_remove(output_layout, m->wlr_output);
 
 	updatemons();
-	closemon(m);
+	closemon(m, wl_container_of(mons.next, newmon, link));
 	free(m);
 }
 
 void
-closemon(Monitor *m)
+closemon(Monitor *m, Monitor *newmon)
 {
 	// move all the clients on a closed monitor to another one
-	Monitor *newmon;
 	Client *c;
 
-	wl_list_for_each(newmon, &mons, link) {
-		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);
-		}
-		break;
+	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);
 	}
 }