diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
index 2615e34462..c42f97090b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ GuiView::GuiView(int id)
 {
 	// Qt bug? signal lastWindowClosed does not work
 	setAttribute(Qt::WA_QuitOnClose, false);
-	// FIXME: the following statement avoids memory leaks but produces a
-	//        crash after a new window has been closed (click into the menu)
-	//setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
+	setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
 
 	// hardcode here the platform specific icon size
 	d.smallIconSize = 14;	// scaling problems
@@ -180,6 +178,7 @@ GuiView::GuiView(int id)
 
 GuiView::~GuiView()
 {
+	menubar_.reset();
 	delete &d;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QLPopupMenu.C b/src/frontends/qt4/QLPopupMenu.C
index 52b94d3dd2..03c221ff50 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QLPopupMenu.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QLPopupMenu.C
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ void QLPopupMenu::update()
 	if (name_.empty())
 		return;
 
+	// Here, We make sure that theLyXFunc points to the correct LyXView.
+	theLyXFunc().setLyXView(owner_->view());
+
 	Menu const & fromLyxMenu = owner_->backend().getMenu(name_);
 	owner_->backend().expand(fromLyxMenu, topLevelMenu_, owner_->view()->buffer());