diff --git a/src/mathed/MathParser.cpp b/src/mathed/MathParser.cpp
index fa725eec43..70daf9aa3d 100644
--- a/src/mathed/MathParser.cpp
+++ b/src/mathed/MathParser.cpp
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ bool innerHull(docstring const & name)
 	return name == "array" || name == "cases" || name == "aligned"
 		|| name == "alignedat" || name == "gathered" || name == "split"
 		|| name == "subarray" || name == "tabular" || name == "matrix"
-		|| name.substr(1) == "matrix";
+		|| name == "smallmatrix" || name.substr(1) == "matrix";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index d600053824..a53511beb6 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix freezing of LyX at samba shares (bug 5891).
 
+- Fix deletion of empty last row for \smallmatrix (part of bug 7484).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION