diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPopupMenu.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPopupMenu.cpp
index a529616790..728f73bb46 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPopupMenu.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPopupMenu.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace frontend {
 
 GuiPopupMenu::GuiPopupMenu(GuiMenubar * owner, MenuItem const & mi,
 		bool topLevelMenu)
-	: owner_(owner)
+	: QMenu(owner->menuBar()), owner_(owner)
 {
 	name_ = mi.submenuname();