diff --git a/src/mathed/InsetMathGrid.cpp b/src/mathed/InsetMathGrid.cpp
index 73e1bcc91c..49d6ab74ac 100644
--- a/src/mathed/InsetMathGrid.cpp
+++ b/src/mathed/InsetMathGrid.cpp
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ bool InsetMathGrid::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 	}
 
 	case LFUN_CELL_SPLIT:
-		status.setEnabled(true);
+		status.setEnabled(cur.idx() != cur.lastidx());
 		return true;
 
 	case LFUN_CELL_BACKWARD:
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 73bb7f39d2..421a81555d 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ What's new
   
 - Fix aspell spellchecking with Farsi (bug 7171).
 
+- Fix the enabling of LFUN_SPLIT_CELL in the math context menu (bug 4849).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION