diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
index 1466e726b60fa90b3f5942908bb9e25f85df0f4d..1a36fb94a37b7ccd07aae7f996dbad05851b696d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
@@ -1648,10 +1648,10 @@ export function PullRequestDetailPanel({
         actions={
           handoffSummary ? (
             <TooltipProvider delay={150} closeDelay={150} timeout={400}>
-              {checkoutControl}
               {handoffSummary.state === "open" && handoffSummary.mergeability === "conflicting"
                 ? resolveConflictsControl
                 : null}
+              {checkoutControl}
             </TooltipProvider>
           ) : undefined
         }
@@ -1864,7 +1864,6 @@ export function PullRequestDetailPanel({
                   threadRef={null}
                 />
               ) : null}
-              {checkoutControl}
               {/* Said where the Merge button is, because it is the answer to why nobody has
                   pressed it: the merge is already asked for, and the host is holding it. */}
               {autoMergeArmed && primaryAction !== "auto-merge-armed" ? (
@@ -1997,6 +1996,9 @@ export function PullRequestDetailPanel({
                   </span>
                 </Badge>
               ) : null}
+              {/* Keep checkout beside the menu so host actions arriving on its left cannot
+                  move a different action under the reader's pointer. */}
+              {checkoutControl}
               <Menu>
                 <Tooltip>
                   <TooltipTrigger