diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 42204abb69..cdd8f05c62 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-14  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
+
+	* src/text3.C (doInsertInset): reset first paragraph to default 
+	after selected content has been pasted (bug 2802)
+
 2006-09-11  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
 
 	* lfuns.h:
diff --git a/src/text3.C b/src/text3.C
index cef26cad8e..389c116ec5 100644
--- a/src/text3.C
+++ b/src/text3.C
@@ -268,8 +268,15 @@ bool doInsertInset(LCursor & cur, LyXText * text,
 	if (edit)
 		inset->edit(cur, true);
 
-	if (gotsel && pastesel)
+	if (gotsel && pastesel) {
 		cur.bv().owner()->dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_PASTE));
+		// reset first par to default
+		if (cur.lastpit() != 0 || cur.lastpos() != 0) {
+			LyXLayout_ptr const layout =
+				cur.buffer().params().getLyXTextClass().defaultLayout();
+			cur.text()->paragraphs().begin()->layout(layout);
+		}
+	}
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/status.14x b/status.14x
index 6e32045924..0b310558c4 100644
--- a/status.14x
+++ b/status.14x
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ What's new
 - On pressing button 2 in a math inset, paste the inner LyX selection
   if it exists (bug 2779).
 
+- When inserting an inset (footnote etc.) over an existing selection,
+  don't copy the layout of the source paragraph to the inset (bug 2802).
+
 - Fix the disabling of some toolbar icons after closing a dialog (bug 2423).
 
 - Fix the editing of a document while Error List dialog is open (bug 2179).