diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.cpp
index 4fa690edec..4fb3ce2227 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.cpp
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ void Menus::fillMenuBar(QMenuBar * qmb, GuiView * view, bool initial)
 #if defined(Q_OS_MAC) && (defined(QT_MAC_USE_COCOA) || (QT_VERSION >= 0x050000))
 		// On Mac OS with QT/cocoa, the menu is not displayed if there is no action
 		// so we create a temporary one here
-		QAction * action = new QAction(menu);
+		QAction * action = new QAction(menuptr);
 		menu->addAction(action);
 #endif