diff --git a/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp b/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
index 8a7b4e08..674276f7 100644
--- a/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
+++ b/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
@@ -295,10 +295,14 @@ ScreenInteractive ScreenInteractive::FitComponent() {
 }
 
 void ScreenInteractive::Post(Task task) {
-  if (!quit_) {
-    task_sender_->Send(std::move(task));
-  }
+  // Task/Events sent toward inactive screen or screen waiting to become
+  // inactive are dropped.
+  if (!task_sender_)
+    return;
+
+  task_sender_->Send(std::move(task));
 }
+
 void ScreenInteractive::PostEvent(Event event) {
   Post(event);
 }
diff --git a/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive_test.cpp b/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive_test.cpp
index 9592d932..957e98b1 100644
--- a/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive_test.cpp
+++ b/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive_test.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ TEST(ScreenInteractive, Signal_SIGFPE) {
   TestSignal(SIGFPE);
 }
 
+// Regression test for:
+// https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI/issues/402
+TEST(ScreenInteractive, PostEventToNonActive) {
+  auto screen = ScreenInteractive::FitComponent();
+  screen.Post(Event::Custom);
+}
+
+// Regression test for:
+// https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI/issues/402
+TEST(ScreenInteractive, PostTaskToNonActive) {
+  auto screen = ScreenInteractive::FitComponent();
+  screen.Post([] {});
+}
+
 }  // namespace ftxui
 
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