diff --git a/kmmainwidget.cpp b/kmmainwidget.cpp
index 2f763f6a1..3e3ca7f6d 100644
--- a/kmmainwidget.cpp
+++ b/kmmainwidget.cpp
@@ -4593,6 +4593,7 @@ void KMMainWidget::itemsReceived(const Akonadi::Item::List &list )
   mMsgView->setHtmlOverride(mFolderHtmlPref);
   mMsgView->setHtmlLoadExtOverride(mFolderHtmlLoadExtPref);
   mMsgView->setDecryptMessageOverwrite( false );
+  mMsgActions->setCurrentMessage( item );
 }
 
 void KMMainWidget::itemsFetchDone( KJob *job )