diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
index 19a584d86d..f927cc22e8 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-13  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@freesurf.fr>
+
+	* Menubar_pimpl.C (create_submenu): fix code to disable submenu
+	entries. 
+
 2002-08-12  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
 
 	* FormDocument.C (saveParamsAsDefault): use proper constructment
diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/Menubar_pimpl.C b/src/frontends/xforms/Menubar_pimpl.C
index 9538925585..e4d261a39e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/Menubar_pimpl.C
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/Menubar_pimpl.C
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ int Menubar::Pimpl::create_submenu(Window win, XFormsView * view,
 
 	it = extra_labels.begin();
 	size_type count = 0;
+	all_disabled = true;
 	int curmenuid = menuid;
 	for (Menu::const_iterator i = menu.begin(); i != end; ++i, ++it) {
 		MenuItem const & item = (*i);
@@ -318,14 +319,16 @@ int Menubar::Pimpl::create_submenu(Window win, XFormsView * view,
 		}
 
 		case MenuItem::Submenu: {
+			bool sub_all_disabled;
 			int submenuid = create_submenu(win, view,
 						       *item.submenu(), smn,
-						       all_disabled);
+						       sub_all_disabled);
+			all_disabled &= sub_all_disabled;
 			if (submenuid == -1)
 				return -1;
 			string label = fixlabel(item.label());
 			label += extra_label + "%m";
-			if (all_disabled)
+			if (sub_all_disabled)
 				label += "%i";
 			string shortcut = item.shortcut();
 			if (!shortcut.empty()) {