diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
index 4bb5345f27..8ed961b08a 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ bool TocWidget::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 	case LFUN_OUTLINE_IN:
 	case LFUN_OUTLINE_OUT:
 	case LFUN_SECTION_SELECT:
-		status.setEnabled(true);
+		status.setEnabled(item.dit() != 0);
 		return true;
 
 	case LFUN_LABEL_COPY_AS_REF: {