diff --git a/src/dolphincontextmenu.cpp b/src/dolphincontextmenu.cpp
index 0329fce773..4e2cb4f862 100644
--- a/src/dolphincontextmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphincontextmenu.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ void DolphinContextMenu::openViewportContextMenu()
 
     QAction* activatedAction = popup->exec(QCursor::pos());
     if (activatedAction == propertiesAction) {
-        new KPropertiesDialog(m_mainWindow->activeView()->url());
+        const KUrl& url = m_mainWindow->activeView()->url();
+        KPropertiesDialog* dlg = new KPropertiesDialog(url);
+        dlg->exec();
+        delete dlg;
     } else if (activatedAction == bookmarkAction) {
         const KUrl& url = m_mainWindow->activeView()->url();
         if (url.isValid()) {
diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
index 2f24f746e0..cdb3f3cbca 100644
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -458,7 +458,9 @@ void DolphinMainWindow::deleteItems()
 void DolphinMainWindow::properties()
 {
     const KFileItemList list = m_activeView->selectedItems();
-    new KPropertiesDialog(list, this);
+    KPropertiesDialog* dlg = new KPropertiesDialog(list, this);
+    dlg->exec();
+    delete dlg;
 }
 
 void DolphinMainWindow::quit()