diff --git a/.changes/checked-borrow-panic.md b/.changes/checked-borrow-panic.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..270548d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/checked-borrow-panic.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"muda": "patch"
+---
+
+Fix panic when updating a `CheckMenuItem` right after it was clicked.
diff --git a/examples/tao.rs b/examples/tao.rs
index b7b45bd..60ca3fc 100644
--- a/examples/tao.rs
+++ b/examples/tao.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ fn main() {
         &window_m,
         &PredefinedMenuItem::separator(),
         &check_custom_i_1,
+        &check_custom_i_2,
     ]);
 
     window_m.append_items(&[
diff --git a/examples/winit.rs b/examples/winit.rs
index 793d57d..e6d5896 100644
--- a/examples/winit.rs
+++ b/examples/winit.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ fn main() {
         &window_m,
         &PredefinedMenuItem::separator(),
         &check_custom_i_1,
+        &check_custom_i_2,
     ]);
 
     window_m.append_items(&[
diff --git a/src/icon_menu_item.rs b/src/icon_menu_item.rs
index 4404089..cd426c7 100644
--- a/src/icon_menu_item.rs
+++ b/src/icon_menu_item.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
 use crate::{accelerator::Accelerator, icon::Icon, MenuItemExt, MenuItemType};
 
-/// A check menu item inside a [`Menu`] or [`Submenu`]
-/// and usually contains a text and a check mark or a similar toggle
-/// that corresponds to a checked and unchecked states.
+/// An icon menu item inside a [`Menu`] or [`Submenu`]
+/// and usually contains an icon and a text.
 ///
 /// [`Menu`]: crate::Menu
 /// [`Submenu`]: crate::Submenu
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/gtk/mod.rs b/src/platform_impl/gtk/mod.rs
index f5d0f3b..1d73d6c 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/gtk/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/gtk/mod.rs
@@ -1041,10 +1041,9 @@ impl CheckMenuItem {
 
         let id = self_.id;
         let self_c = self.0.clone();
+        let is_syncing_checked_state = self_.is_syncing_checked_state.clone();
         item.connect_toggled(move |i| {
-            let should_dispatch = self_c
-                .borrow()
-                .is_syncing_checked_state
+            let should_dispatch = is_syncing_checked_state
                 .compare_exchange(false, true, Ordering::Release, Ordering::Relaxed)
                 .is_ok();