diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 8d8ca5916a..bb54b0aa5c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -3361,8 +3361,7 @@ bool GuiView::goToFileRow(string const & argument)
 
 void GuiView::toolBarPopup(const QPoint & /*pos*/)
 {
-	QMenu * menu = new QMenu;
-	menu = guiApp->menus().menu(toqstr("context-toolbars"), * this);
+	QMenu * menu = guiApp->menus().menu(toqstr("context-toolbars"), * this);
 	menu->exec(QCursor::pos());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
index 6bf68cd09a..bfedecc182 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ void GuiWorkArea::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent * e)
 	}
 	
 	if (name.empty()) {
-		QAbstractScrollArea::contextMenuEvent(e);
+		e->accept();
 		return;
 	}
 	// always show mnemonics when the keyboard is used to show the context menu
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ void GuiWorkArea::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent * e)
 	bool const keyboard = (e->reason() == QContextMenuEvent::Keyboard);
 	QMenu * menu = guiApp->menus().menu(toqstr(name), *d->lyx_view_, keyboard);
 	if (!menu) {
-		QAbstractScrollArea::contextMenuEvent(e);
+		e->accept();
 		return;
 	}
 	// Position the menu to the right.
diff --git a/status.22x b/status.22x
index 72e014bef1..6a06b68d03 100644
--- a/status.22x
+++ b/status.22x
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Don't swallow labels not entered through the toolbar in mathed (bug 10546).
 
+- Fix bad context menu on insets that do not have one (bug 10626).
+
 
 * INTERNALS