diff --git a/components/lib/tooltip/Tooltip.js b/components/lib/tooltip/Tooltip.js
index ae14a7937..2d9f0817b 100755
--- a/components/lib/tooltip/Tooltip.js
+++ b/components/lib/tooltip/Tooltip.js
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ const Tooltip = BaseTooltip.extend('tooltip', {
         onMouseLeave(event) {
             const el = event.currentTarget;
             const hideDelay = el.$_ptooltipHideDelay;
-
             const autoHide = el.$_ptooltipAutoHide;
 
             if (!autoHide) {
@@ -282,7 +281,8 @@ const Tooltip = BaseTooltip.extend('tooltip', {
                     role: 'tooltip',
                     style: {
                         display: 'inline-block',
-                        width: el.$_ptooltipFitContent ? 'fit-content' : undefined
+                        width: el.$_ptooltipFitContent ? 'fit-content' : undefined,
+                        pointerEvents: el.$_ptooltipAutoHide && 'none'
                     },
                     class: [!this.isUnstyled() && this.cx('root'), el.$_ptooltipClass],
                     'p-bind': this.ptm('root', {
diff --git a/components/lib/tooltip/style/TooltipStyle.js b/components/lib/tooltip/style/TooltipStyle.js
index 8c5708915..3ca0db2a9 100644
--- a/components/lib/tooltip/style/TooltipStyle.js
+++ b/components/lib/tooltip/style/TooltipStyle.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const css = `
     .p-tooltip {
         position:absolute;
         display:none;
-        pointer-events: none;
         padding: .25em .5rem;
         max-width: 12.5rem;
     }