diff --git a/lib/core/base/rule.js b/lib/core/base/rule.js
index e42c7429..89fc1dc6 100644
--- a/lib/core/base/rule.js
+++ b/lib/core/base/rule.js
@@ -583,13 +583,33 @@ Rule.prototype.after = function after(result, options) {
       // only add the node property for the check.after so we can
       // look at which iframe a check result came from, but we don't
       // want it for the final results object
-      delete item.node;
+      if (check.id === 'menu-expand' || check.id === 'menu-popup') {
+        if (item?.data?.metaData) {
+          delete item.node;
+          item.result = true;
+        }
+      } else {
+        delete item.node;
+      }
       if (afterResults.indexOf(item) === -1) {
         item.filtered = true;
       }
     });
   });
 
+  // Trying for sub-menu
+  if (result.id === 'menu-expand' || result.id === 'menu-popup') {
+    const data = result.nodes.filter(r => !r.all[0].result);
+    data.forEach(r => {
+      const node = r.all[0].data;
+      r.node = new axe.utils.DqElement(node);
+    });
+
+    result.nodes.forEach(r => {
+      delete r.all[0].data;
+    });
+  }
+
   result.nodes = sanitizeNodes(result);
   return result;
 };
diff --git a/lib/core/utils/check-helper.js b/lib/core/utils/check-helper.js
index fbedf364..5aab8485 100644
--- a/lib/core/utils/check-helper.js
+++ b/lib/core/utils/check-helper.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ function checkHelper(checkResult, options, resolve, reject) {
     data(data) {
       checkResult.data = data;
     },
+    getData() {
+      return checkResult.data;
+    },
     relatedNodes(nodes) {
       if (!window.Node) {
         return;