diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d1d37ca05069df150c1de0a84fcfa69925cf3aa2..b6c5ee86d1aab6aa0074c18d732ba463bc4b1ec6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-07-01  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/browser.c (do_browser), src/help.c (do_help): Make sure
+	to always set 'currmenu', so that we can rely on it.
+
 2014-06-30  Mark Majeres  <mark@engine12.com>
 	* src/cut.c, src/global.c, src/nano.c: Rename 'cut_till_end' to
 	'cut_till_eof', and 'do_cut_till_end' to 'do_cut_till_eof', to
diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index 8d1d5ebad6022c336f815f10735a154165ef9e0d..703a0dc17ce463522a191d9eef2630b86dda6134 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ char *do_browser(char *path, DIR *dir)
 
     curs_set(0);
     blank_statusbar();
-#if !defined(DISABLE_HELP) || !defined(DISABLE_MOUSE)
     currmenu = MBROWSER;
-#endif
     bottombars(MBROWSER);
     wnoutrefresh(bottomwin);
 
@@ -211,9 +209,7 @@ char *do_browser(char *path, DIR *dir)
 			browser_refresh, _("Go To Directory"));
 
 	    curs_set(0);
-#if !defined(DISABLE_HELP) || !defined(DISABLE_MOUSE)
 	    currmenu = MBROWSER;
-#endif
 	    bottombars(MBROWSER);
 
 	    /* If the directory begins with a newline (i.e. an
diff --git a/src/help.c b/src/help.c
index 6b5b97f36f2f882c185c55ac3d60cf81f7895fcd..828badca38559bdd683e60ea2c83ab4f8621460b 100644
--- a/src/help.c
+++ b/src/help.c
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ void do_help(void (*refresh_func)(void))
     size_t last_line = 0;
 	/* The line number in help_text of the last help line.  This
 	 * variable is zero-based. */
-#ifndef DISABLE_MOUSE
     int oldmenu = currmenu;
 	/* The menu we were called from. */
-#endif
     const char *ptr;
 	/* The current line of the help text. */
     size_t old_line = (size_t)-1;
@@ -64,11 +62,9 @@ void do_help(void (*refresh_func)(void))
 
     assert(help_text != NULL);
 
-#ifndef DISABLE_MOUSE
     /* Set currmenu to allow clicking on the help screen's shortcut
      * list, after help_init() is called. */
     currmenu = MHELP;
-#endif
 
     if (ISSET(NO_HELP)) {
 	/* Make sure that the help screen's shortcut list will actually
@@ -168,9 +164,7 @@ void do_help(void (*refresh_func)(void))
 	}
     }
 
-#ifndef DISABLE_MOUSE
     currmenu = oldmenu;
-#endif
 
     if (old_no_help) {
 	blank_bottombars();