diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiTabular.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/GuiTabular.cpp
index 21772ebc6f..5c32edc7d4 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiTabular.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiTabular.cpp
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ bool GuiTabular::checkWidgets(bool readonly) const
 
 bool GuiTabular::funcEnabled(Tabular::Feature f) const
 {
-	FuncRequest r(LFUN_INSET_MODIFY, "tabular for-dialog" + featureAsString(f));
+	FuncRequest r(LFUN_INSET_MODIFY, "tabular for-dialog " + featureAsString(f));
 	return getStatus(r).enabled();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp b/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
index 6f1b470ea7..aa07a69add 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
@@ -5378,7 +5378,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 
 	case LFUN_INSET_MODIFY:
 		// we come from the dialog
-		if (cmd.getArg(0) == "tabular")
+		if (cmd.getArg(0) == "tabular" && cmd.getArg(1) != "for-dialog")
 			tabularFeatures(cur, cmd.getLongArg(1));
 		else
 			cur.undispatched();