diff --git a/src/widgets/dropjob.cpp b/src/widgets/dropjob.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/dropjob.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dropjob.cpp
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
     }
     const KFileItemListProperties itemProps(fileItems);
 
-    emit q->popupMenuAboutToShow(fileItems);
+    emit q->popupMenuAboutToShow(itemProps);
 
     const bool sReading = itemProps.supportsReading();
     const bool sDeleting = itemProps.supportsDeleting();