diff --git a/src/qt/transactionview.cpp b/src/qt/transactionview.cpp
index 311cece908a6..56de76d97b9f 100644
--- a/src/qt/transactionview.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/transactionview.cpp
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ void TransactionView::contextualMenu(const QPoint &point)
 {
     QModelIndex index = transactionView->indexAt(point);
     QModelIndexList selection = transactionView->selectionModel()->selectedRows(0);
+    if (selection.empty())
+        return;
 
     // check if transaction can be abandoned, disable context menu action in case it doesn't
     uint256 hash;