diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
index 435d00d639..222833b325 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
@@ -2092,8 +2092,8 @@ void PrefShortcuts::apply(LyXRC & rc) const
 		return;
 	}
 	FileName user_bind_file(bind_dir.absFilename() + "/user.bind");
-	user_bind_.write(user_bind_file.toFilesystemEncoding(), false, false);
-	user_unbind_.write(user_bind_file.toFilesystemEncoding(), true, true);
+	user_unbind_.write(user_bind_file.toFilesystemEncoding(), false, true);
+	user_bind_.write(user_bind_file.toFilesystemEncoding(), true, false);
 	// immediately apply the keybindings. Why this is not done before?
 	// The good thing is that the menus are updated automatically.
 	theTopLevelKeymap().clear();
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 248e751806..90870f40a8 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ What's new
   
 - Enable "dissolve" item in context menus of collapsable insets (bug 4985).
 
+- Fix unbinding/binding behaviour of shortcuts (bug 4544).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION