diff --git a/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon.cpp b/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon.cpp
index 7acbf273457..4794cde6ad1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon.cpp
@@ -162,9 +162,13 @@ void QSystemTrayIcon::setContextMenu(QMenu *menu)
 {
     Q_D(QSystemTrayIcon);
     QMenu *oldMenu = d->menu.data();
+    if (oldMenu == menu)
+        return;
+
     d->menu = menu;
     d->updateMenu_sys();
-    if (oldMenu != menu && d->qpa_sys) {
+
+    if (d->qpa_sys) {
         // Show the QMenu-based menu for QPA plugins that do not provide native menus
         if (oldMenu && !oldMenu->platformMenu())
             QObject::disconnect(d->qpa_sys, &QPlatformSystemTrayIcon::contextMenuRequested, menu, nullptr);
diff --git a/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon_qpa.cpp b/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon_qpa.cpp
index e156cb1e572..63b24873db3 100644
--- a/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon_qpa.cpp
@@ -59,9 +59,13 @@ void QSystemTrayIconPrivate::updateIcon_sys()
 void QSystemTrayIconPrivate::updateMenu_sys()
 {
 #if QT_CONFIG(menu)
-    if (qpa_sys && menu) {
-        addPlatformMenu(menu);
-        qpa_sys->updateMenu(menu->platformMenu());
+    if (qpa_sys) {
+        if (menu) {
+            addPlatformMenu(menu);
+            qpa_sys->updateMenu(menu->platformMenu());
+        } else {
+            qpa_sys->updateMenu(nullptr);
+        }
     }
 #endif
 }