diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoamenubar.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoamenubar.mm
index 365346ac8cd..aaea688b394 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoamenubar.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoamenubar.mm
@@ -196,8 +196,15 @@ void QCocoaMenuBar::syncMenu_helper(QPlatformMenu *menu, bool menubarUpdate)
 
     const QString captionNoAmpersand = QString::fromNSString(cocoaMenu->nsMenu().title)
                                        .remove(QLatin1Char('&'));
-    if (captionNoAmpersand == QCoreApplication::translate("QCocoaMenu", "Edit"))
+    if (captionNoAmpersand == QCoreApplication::translate("QCocoaMenu", "Edit")) {
+        // prevent recursion from QCocoaMenu::insertMenuItem - when the menu is visible
+        // it calls syncMenu again. QCocoaMenu::setVisible just sets the bool, which then
+        // gets evaluated in the code after this block.
+        const bool wasVisible = cocoaMenu->isVisible();
+        cocoaMenu->setVisible(false);
         insertDefaultEditItems(cocoaMenu);
+        cocoaMenu->setVisible(wasVisible);
+    }
 
     BOOL shouldHide = YES;
     if (cocoaMenu->isVisible()) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qmenubar/tst_qmenubar.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qmenubar/tst_qmenubar.cpp
index 1b8de0b75ca..ae08c7ae984 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qmenubar/tst_qmenubar.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qmenubar/tst_qmenubar.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
+#include <QTranslator>
 #include <qscreen.h>
 
 #include <qobject.h>
@@ -144,6 +145,8 @@ private slots:
 #ifdef Q_OS_MACOS
     void taskQTBUG56275_reinsertMenuInParentlessQMenuBar();
     void QTBUG_57404_existingMenuItemException();
+    void defaultEditMenuItems();
+
 #endif
     void QTBUG_25669_menubarActionDoubleTriggered();
     void taskQTBUG55966_subMenuRemoved();
@@ -1818,6 +1821,32 @@ void tst_QMenuBar::QTBUG_57404_existingMenuItemException()
     QTest::qWait(100);
     // No crash, all fine. Ideally, there should be only one warning.
 }
+
+void tst_QMenuBar::defaultEditMenuItems()
+{
+    class TestTranslator : public QTranslator
+    {
+    public:
+        QString translate(const char *context, const char *sourceText,
+                          const char *disambiguation = nullptr, int n = -1) const override
+        {
+            if (QByteArrayView(context) == "QCocoaMenu" && QByteArrayView(sourceText) == "Edit")
+                return QString("Editieren");
+            return QTranslator::translate(context, sourceText, disambiguation, n);
+        }
+    } testTranslator;
+    qApp->installTranslator(&testTranslator);
+
+    QMainWindow mw;
+    mw.show();
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&mw));
+
+    mw.menuBar()->addMenu("Editieren")->addAction("Undo");
+
+    mw.hide();
+    mw.show();
+    // this should not crash with infinite recursion
+}
 #endif // Q_OS_MACOS
 
 void tst_QMenuBar::taskQTBUG55966_subMenuRemoved()