Open the "OptionsMenu of Activity" window on device rotation

Trying to understand what is the reason for the window leak in my activity. Activity extends AppCompatActivity. It has one view with RecyclerView and ProgressBar, invisible when rotating.

@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    if (savedInstanceState != null) {
        chosenSorting = savedInstanceState.getString("sorting");
    }

    mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.rv_pop_view);
    mLoadingIndicator = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.pb_loading_indicator);
    RecyclerView.LayoutManager mLayoutManager = new GridLayoutManager(this, 2);
    moviesRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mLayoutManager);

    mRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);

    if (chosenSorting.equals("")) {
        load("A");
    } else {
        load("B");
    }
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

Everything works fine when rotating the screen, there is no problem with the user interface. But when the rotation is happening while the OptionsMenu is open , there is a leaked window :

E/WindowManager: android.view.WindowLeaked: Activity com.example.MainActivity has leaked window android.widget.PopupWindow$PopupDecorView{2aeb62a V.E...... ......ID 0,0-686,336} that was originally added here
                                                                                at android.view.ViewRootImpl.<init>(ViewRootImpl.java:418)
                                                                                at android.view.WindowManagerGlobal.addView(WindowManagerGlobal.java:331)
                                                                                at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:93)
                                                                                at android.widget.PopupWindow.invokePopup(PopupWindow.java:1378)
                                                                                at android.widget.PopupWindow.showAsDropDown(PopupWindow.java:1234)
                                                                                at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatPopupWindow.showAsDropDown(AppCompatPopupWindow.java:105)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.widget.PopupWindowCompatKitKat.showAsDropDown(PopupWindowCompatKitKat.java:33)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.widget.PopupWindowCompat$KitKatPopupWindowImpl.showAsDropDown(PopupWindowCompat.java:129)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.widget.PopupWindowCompat.showAsDropDown(PopupWindowCompat.java:206)
                                                                                at android.support.v7.widget.ListPopupWindow.show(ListPopupWindow.java:721)
                                                                                at android.support.v7.view.menu.StandardMenuPopup.tryShow(StandardMenuPopup.java:160)
                                                                                at android.support.v7.view.menu.StandardMenuPopup.show(StandardMenuPopup.java:187)
                                                                                at android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuPopupHelper.showPopup(MenuPopupHelper.java:290)
                                                                                at android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuPopupHelper.tryShow(MenuPopupHelper.java:175)
                                                                                at android.support.v7.widget.ActionMenuPresenter$OpenOverflowRunnable.run(ActionMenuPresenter.java:803)
                                                                                at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
                                                                                at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
                                                                                at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6121)
                                                                                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:889)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:779) 

      

        
        
        
      

    

This is problem?:

at android.support.v7.widget.ActionMenuPresenter$OpenOverflowRunnable.run(ActionMenuPresenter.java:803)

      

        
        
        
      

    

Setting basic UI elements on null

and off closeOptionsMenu()

doesn't help ...

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    closeOptionsMenu();
    mRecyclerView = null;
    mAdapter = null;
    mLoadingIndicator = null;

    super.onDestroy();
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

Question: How does open OptionsMenu cause this window to leak when the screen is rotated and how to avoid it?