diff --git a/src/dolphincontextmenu.cpp b/src/dolphincontextmenu.cpp
index 2d06449e71..eb3f641e5a 100644
--- a/src/dolphincontextmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphincontextmenu.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void DolphinContextMenu::openItemContextMenu()
     const KFileItemListProperties& selectedItemsProps = selectedItemsProperties();
 
     KFileItemActions fileItemActions;
-    fileItemActions.setParentWidget(this);
+    fileItemActions.setParentWidget(m_mainWindow);
     fileItemActions.setItemListProperties(selectedItemsProps);
 
     if (m_selectedItems.count() == 1) {