diff --git a/src/insets/InsetInclude.cpp b/src/insets/InsetInclude.cpp
index f2a55d6420..0f3c500afc 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetInclude.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetInclude.cpp
@@ -243,9 +243,10 @@ void InsetInclude::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 				docstring old_label;
 				if (label_)
 					old_label = label_->getParam("name");
-				if (new_label.empty())
+				if (new_label.empty()) {
 					delete label_;
-				else if (label_ && old_label != new_label) {
+					label_ = 0;
+				} else if (label_ && old_label != new_label) {
 					label_->updateCommand(new_label);
 					// the label might have been adapted (duplicate)
 					if (new_label != label_->getParam("name")) {
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 720474d0ea..727b66ec32 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix a crash when pressing the Update button of the Citation dialog
   for read-only documents (bug 5785).
+  
+- Fix a crash when removing the label of an included Program Listing. 
 
 - Ignore the master_buffer setting in Document>Settings if the current
   document is no real child. This fixes a crash when using the outliner