diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 906f8ddc6..0aa76a3f8 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ void MainWindow::setupActions()
     // View Menu
     _toggleMenuBarAction = KStandardAction::showMenubar(menuBar(), SLOT(setVisible(bool)), collection);
     _toggleMenuBarAction->setShortcut( QKeySequence(Qt::CTRL + Qt::SHIFT + Qt::Key_M) );
-    _toggleMenuBarAction->setChecked( !menuBar()->isHidden() );
 
     // Hide the Show/Hide menubar item if the menu bar is a MacOS-style menu bar
     if ( menuBar()->isTopLevelMenu() )
@@ -504,5 +503,17 @@ void MainWindow::configureNotifications()
     KNotifyConfigWidget::configure( this );
 }
 
+void MainWindow::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
+{
+    // This code from Konqueror.
+    // We need to check if our toolbars are shown/hidden here, and set
+    // our menu items accordingly. We can't do it in the constructor because
+    // view profiles store toolbar info, and that info is read after
+    // construct time.
+    _toggleMenuBarAction->setChecked( !menuBar()->isHidden() );
+    // Call parent method
+    KXmlGuiWindow::showEvent(event);
+}
+
 #include "MainWindow.moc"
 
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.h b/src/MainWindow.h
index 21aadea3d..0e51e5ee9 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/MainWindow.h
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ class MainWindow : public KXmlGuiWindow
         void closeActiveSessionRequest();
 
     protected:
+        // Reimplemented for internal reasons.
+        virtual void showEvent(QShowEvent *event);
+
         // reimplemented from KMainWindow
         virtual bool queryClose();
         virtual void saveProperties(KConfigGroup& group);