diff --git a/src/insets/InsetCharStyle.cpp b/src/insets/InsetCharStyle.cpp
index 545c8e18ba..eca79b5550 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetCharStyle.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetCharStyle.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ void InsetCharStyle::draw(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 		pi.pain.line(x + dim_.wid - 7, y, x + dim_.wid - 3, y,
 			params_.labelfont.color());
 
-		pi.base.bv->message(_("CharStyle: ") + s);
+		//FIXME: I had to disable this, since it triggers a crash
+		// (cf. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4559)
+		//pi.base.bv->message(_("CharStyle: ") + s);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/status.15x b/status.15x
index 2986915920..be80a3a39b 100644
--- a/status.15x
+++ b/status.15x
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ What's new
 - Fix a crash following the input of an invalid paragraph separation
   value in the document settings dialog (bug 4556).
 
+- Fix a crash when inserting a math formula into a char style inset.
+  To fix this, the status bar information that was displayed when
+  hovering over a char style has to be disabled for the time being
+  (bug 4559).
+
 - Do not exit after catching an iconv exception (bug 4385, part 2).
 
 - Fix update/drawing of character style insets.