diff --git a/app/menu.c b/app/menu.c
index ecfc245..2f8c877 100644
--- a/app/menu.c
+++ b/app/menu.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ static void MENU_Key_EXIT(bool bKeyPressed, bool bKeyHeld)
 	{
 		/* Backlight related menus set full brightness. Set it back to the configured value,
 		   just in case we are exiting from one of them. */
-		BACKLIGHT_SetBrightness(gEeprom.BACKLIGHT_MAX);
+		BACKLIGHT_TurnOn();
 
 		if (gIsInSubMenu)
 		{
@@ -1628,7 +1628,10 @@ static void MENU_Key_UP_DOWN(bool bKeyPressed, bool bKeyHeld, int8_t Direction)
 
 		gRequestDisplayScreen = DISPLAY_MENU;
 
-		if (UI_MENU_GetCurrentMenuId() != MENU_ABR && gEeprom.BACKLIGHT_TIME == 0) // backlight always off and not in the backlight menu
+		if (UI_MENU_GetCurrentMenuId() != MENU_ABR
+			&& UI_MENU_GetCurrentMenuId() != MENU_ABR_MIN
+			&& UI_MENU_GetCurrentMenuId() != MENU_ABR_MAX
+			&& gEeprom.BACKLIGHT_TIME == 0) // backlight always off and not in the backlight menu
 		{
 			BACKLIGHT_TurnOff();
 		}
diff --git a/ui/menu.c b/ui/menu.c
index fb63f0a..62ce8e5 100644
--- a/ui/menu.c
+++ b/ui/menu.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ void UI_DisplayMenu(void)
 	   level the "next" time we enter here.I.e., when we move from one menu to another.
 	   It also has to be set back to max when pressing the Exit key. */
 
-	BACKLIGHT_SetBrightness(gEeprom.BACKLIGHT_MAX);
+	BACKLIGHT_TurnOn();
 
 	switch (UI_MENU_GetCurrentMenuId())
 	{