diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index 3e0705a..375234c 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ static long execute_macro(struct keyboard *kbd, int dl, const struct macro *macr
 		time = macro_execute(kbd->output.send_key, macro, kbd->config.macro_sequence_timeout);
 	}
 
+	update_mods(kbd, -1, 0);
 	return time;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/overload-nested2.t b/t/overload-nested2.t
index 528e173..436b2dc 100644
--- a/t/overload-nested2.t
+++ b/t/overload-nested2.t
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ meta up
 control up
 \ down
 \ up
+control down
+control up