diff --git a/app/views/context_menus/issues.html.erb b/app/views/context_menus/issues.html.erb
index b621db003..e2b87944c 100644
--- a/app/views/context_menus/issues.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/context_menus/issues.html.erb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <% if @allowed_statuses.present? %>
   <li class="folder">
-    <a href="#" class="submenu" onclick="return false;"><%= l(:field_status) %></a>
+    <a href="#" class="submenu"><%= l(:field_status) %></a>
     <ul>
     <% @allowed_statuses.each do |s| -%>
         <li><%= context_menu_link h(s.name), {:controller => 'issues', :action => 'bulk_update', :ids => @issues.collect(&:id), :issue => {:status_id => s}, :back_url => @back}, :method => :post,
diff --git a/public/javascripts/context_menu.js b/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
index 8005a22b4..a383ebe00 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ContextMenu.prototype = {
 	},
 
   Click: function(e) {
+		if (Event.element(e).tagName == 'A' && Event.element(e).hasClassName('submenu')) {
+			Event.stop(e)
+			return;
+		}
   	this.hideMenu();
   	if (Event.element(e).tagName == 'A' || Event.element(e).tagName == 'IMG') { return; }
     if (Event.isLeftClick(e) || (navigator.appVersion.match(/\bMSIE\b/))) {