diff --git a/src/TextMetrics.cpp b/src/TextMetrics.cpp
index fdf0da6926..39eb2d441b 100644
--- a/src/TextMetrics.cpp
+++ b/src/TextMetrics.cpp
@@ -200,13 +200,13 @@ bool TextMetrics::metrics(MetricsInfo & mi, Dimension & dim, int min_width)
 
 int TextMetrics::rightMargin(ParagraphMetrics const & pm) const
 {
-	return main_text_? pm.rightMargin(*bv_) : 0;
+	return text_->isMainText() ? pm.rightMargin(*bv_) : 0;
 }
 
 
 int TextMetrics::rightMargin(pit_type const pit) const
 {
-	return main_text_? par_metrics_[pit].rightMargin(*bv_) : 0;
+	return text_->isMainText() ? par_metrics_[pit].rightMargin(*bv_) : 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ bool TextMetrics::redoParagraph(pit_type const pit)
 	pm.reset(par);
 
 	Buffer & buffer = bv_->buffer();
-	main_text_ = (text_ == &buffer.text());
 	bool changed = false;
 
 	// Check whether there are InsetBibItems that need fixing
@@ -1087,7 +1086,7 @@ void TextMetrics::setRowHeight(Row & row, pit_type const pit,
 	// following code in another method specially tailored for the
 	// main Text. The following test is thus bogus.
 	// Top and bottom margin of the document (only at top-level)
-	if (main_text_ && topBottomSpace) {
+	if (text_->isMainText() && topBottomSpace) {
 		if (pit == 0 && row.pos() == 0)
 			maxasc += 20;
 		if (pit + 1 == pit_type(pars.size()) &&
diff --git a/src/TextMetrics.h b/src/TextMetrics.h
index 6f5cf68733..507213a5ab 100644
--- a/src/TextMetrics.h
+++ b/src/TextMetrics.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TextMetrics
 {
 public:
 	/// Default constructor (only here for STL containers).
-	TextMetrics() : bv_(0), text_(0), main_text_(false), max_width_(0) {}
+	TextMetrics() : bv_(0), text_(0), max_width_(0) {}
 	/// The only useful constructor.
 	TextMetrics(BufferView *, Text *);
 
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ private:
 	/// \todo FIXME: this should be const.
 	Text * text_;
 
-	bool main_text_;
 	/// A map from paragraph index number to paragraph metrics
 	typedef std::map<pit_type, ParagraphMetrics> ParMetricsCache;
 	///
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
index 660826309f..017e1445d0 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void InsetText::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 		break;
 
 	case LFUN_INSET_DISSOLVE: {
-		bool const main_inset = &buffer().inset() == this;
+		bool const main_inset = text_.isMainText();
 		bool const target_inset = cmd.argument().empty() 
 			|| cmd.getArg(0) == insetName(lyxCode());
 		// cur.inset() is the tabular when this is a single cell (bug #9954)
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ bool InsetText::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 {
 	switch (cmd.action()) {
 	case LFUN_INSET_DISSOLVE: {
-		bool const main_inset = &buffer().inset() == this;
+		bool const main_inset = text_.isMainText();
 		bool const target_inset = cmd.argument().empty() 
 			|| cmd.getArg(0) == insetName(lyxCode());
 		// cur.inset() is the tabular when this is a single cell (bug #9954)
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ bool InsetText::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 			status.setEnabled(false);
 			return true;
 		}
-		if (&buffer().inset() == this || !cur.paragraph().layout().args().empty())
+		if (text_.isMainText() || !cur.paragraph().layout().args().empty())
 			return text_.getStatus(cur, cmd, status);
 
 		Layout::LaTeXArgMap args = getLayout().args();