diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/RefUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/RefUi.ui
index 049a8fd3d4..e1c8bf83f5 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/RefUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/RefUi.ui
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
        <item>
         <widget class="QComboBox" name="bufferCO">
          <property name="sizePolicy">
-          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Ignored" vsizetype="Fixed">
            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
           </sizepolicy>
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>The (sub-)document from which the available labels are displayed</string>
          </property>
+         <property name="sizeAdjustPolicy">
+          <enum>QComboBox::AdjustToContentsOnFirstShow</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="minimumContentsLength">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
       </layout>
diff --git a/status.23x b/status.23x
index 8facaa766f..e0b2ec571f 100644
--- a/status.23x
+++ b/status.23x
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix display of RTL text in tooltips (bug 10672).
 
+- Fix size policy of buffer combo in refs dialog (bug 9316).
+
 
 * INTERNALS