diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc
index 0e69b0f797..8757960ada 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ Editor::sensitize_the_right_region_actions ()
 	}
 
 	if (!have_midi) {
-		editor_actions->get_action("RegionMenuMIDI")->set_sensitive (false);
+		editor_menu_actions->get_action("RegionMenuMIDI")->set_sensitive (false);
 		_region_actions->get_action("show-region-list-editor")->set_sensitive (false);
 		_region_actions->get_action("quantize-region")->set_sensitive (false);
 		_region_actions->get_action("fork-region")->set_sensitive (false);