diff --git a/effects/slidingpopups/slidingpopups.cpp b/effects/slidingpopups/slidingpopups.cpp
index a104a5c5a9..066b2a3287 100644
--- a/effects/slidingpopups/slidingpopups.cpp
+++ b/effects/slidingpopups/slidingpopups.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  This file is part of the KDE project.
 
 Copyright (C) 2009 Marco Martin notmart@gmail.com
+Copyright (C) 2018 Vlad Zagorodniy <vladzzag@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ SlidingPopupsEffect::SlidingPopupsEffect()
             m_atom = effects->announceSupportProperty(QByteArrayLiteral("_KDE_SLIDE"), this);
         }
     );
+    connect(effects, qOverload<int, int, EffectWindow *>(&EffectsHandler::desktopChanged),
+            this, &SlidingPopupsEffect::stopAnimations);
+    connect(effects, &EffectsHandler::activeFullScreenEffectChanged,
+            this, &SlidingPopupsEffect::stopAnimations);
+
     reconfigure(ReconfigureAll);
 }
 
@@ -434,6 +440,22 @@ void SlidingPopupsEffect::slideOut(EffectWindow *w)
     w->addRepaintFull();
 }
 
+void SlidingPopupsEffect::stopAnimations()
+{
+    for (auto it = m_animations.constBegin(); it != m_animations.constEnd(); ++it) {
+        EffectWindow *w = it.key();
+
+        if (w->isDeleted()) {
+            w->unrefWindow();
+        } else {
+            w->setData(WindowForceBackgroundContrastRole, QVariant());
+            w->setData(WindowForceBlurRole, QVariant());
+        }
+    }
+
+    m_animations.clear();
+}
+
 bool SlidingPopupsEffect::isActive() const
 {
     return !m_animations.isEmpty();
diff --git a/effects/slidingpopups/slidingpopups.h b/effects/slidingpopups/slidingpopups.h
index 821640af77..32e8fb5761 100644
--- a/effects/slidingpopups/slidingpopups.h
+++ b/effects/slidingpopups/slidingpopups.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  This file is part of the KDE project.
 
 Copyright (C) 2009 Marco Martin notmart@gmail.com
+Copyright (C) 2018 Vlad Zagorodniy <vladzzag@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -49,8 +50,6 @@ public:
 
     static bool supported();
 
-    // TODO react also on virtual desktop changes
-
     int slideInDuration() const;
     int slideOutDuration() const;
 
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
     void slideIn(EffectWindow *w);
     void slideOut(EffectWindow *w);
+    void stopAnimations();
 
 private:
     void setupAnimData(EffectWindow *w);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ private:
         AnimationKind kind;
         TimeLine timeLine;
     };
-    QHash<const EffectWindow*, Animation> m_animations;
+    QHash<EffectWindow *, Animation> m_animations;
 
     enum class Location {
         Left,