diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineview.cpp b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineview.cpp
index d2c440d8c7ceeed5900e7411c83d911afce28770..2029a9819c46554b4f06cbd924bbbf3fe4a77916 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineview.cpp
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineview.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ bool QWebEngineView::event(QEvent *ev)
 void QWebEngineView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)
 {
     QMenu *menu = page()->createStandardContextMenu();
+    connect(menu, &QMenu::aboutToHide, menu, &QObject::deleteLater);
     menu->popup(event->globalPos());
 }