diff --git a/src/insets/insettabular.C b/src/insets/insettabular.C
index 66b4e4e9d6..b5af539eb9 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettabular.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettabular.C
@@ -754,27 +754,22 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(LCursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 			row_type rs, re;
 			col_type cs, ce;
 			getSelection(cur, rs, re, cs, ce);
+			LCursor tmpcur = cur;
 			for (row_type i = rs; i <= re; ++i) {
 				for (col_type j = cs; j <= ce; ++j) {
 					// cursor follows cell:
-					cur.idx() = tabular.getCellNumber(i, j);
+					tmpcur.idx() = tabular.getCellNumber(i, j);
 					// select this cell only:
-					cur.pos() = 0;
-					cur.resetAnchor();
-					cur.pos() = cur.top().lastpos();
-					cur.setCursor(cur);
-					cur.setSelection();
-					cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
+					tmpcur.pit() = 0;
+					tmpcur.pos() = 0;
+					tmpcur.resetAnchor();
+					tmpcur.pit() = tmpcur.lastpit();
+					tmpcur.pos() = tmpcur.top().lastpos();
+					tmpcur.setCursor(tmpcur);
+					tmpcur.setSelection();
+					cell(tmpcur.idx())->dispatch(tmpcur, cmd);
 				}
 			}
-			// Restore original selection
-			cur.idx() = tabular.getCellNumber(rs, cs);
-			cur.pos() = 0;
-			cur.resetAnchor();
-			cur.idx() = tabular.getCellNumber(re, ce);
-			cur.pos() = cur.top().lastpos();
-			cur.setCursor(cur);
-			cur.setSelection();
 			break;
 		} else {
 			cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);