diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoamenubar.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoamenubar.mm
index 341ffb6ffc7..62ceb862147 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoamenubar.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoamenubar.mm
@@ -165,18 +165,6 @@ void QCocoaMenuBar::syncMenu_helper(QPlatformMenu *menu, bool menubarUpdate)
     for (QCocoaMenuItem *item : cocoaMenu->items())
         cocoaMenu->syncMenuItem_helper(item, menubarUpdate);
 
-    const QString captionNoAmpersand = QString::fromNSString(cocoaMenu->nsMenu().title)
-                                       .remove(u'&');
-    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()) {
         // If the NSMenu has no visible items, or only separators, we should hide it
@@ -313,6 +301,22 @@ void QCocoaMenuBar::updateMenuBarImmediately()
     [NSApp setMainMenu:mb->nsMenu()];
     insertWindowMenu();
     [loader qtTranslateApplicationMenu];
+
+    for (auto menu : std::as_const(mb->m_menus)) {
+        if (!menu)
+            continue;
+
+        const QString captionNoAmpersand = QString::fromNSString(menu->nsMenu().title).remove(u'&');
+        if (captionNoAmpersand != QCoreApplication::translate("QCocoaMenu", "Edit"))
+            continue;
+
+        NSMenuItem *item = mb->nativeItemForMenu(menu);
+        auto *nsMenu = item.submenu;
+        if ([nsMenu indexOfItemWithTarget:NSApp andAction:@selector(startDictation:)] == -1) {
+            // AppKit was not able to recognize the special role of this menu item.
+            mb->insertDefaultEditItems(menu);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void QCocoaMenuBar::insertWindowMenu()