diff --git a/src/kacceleratormanager.cpp b/src/kacceleratormanager.cpp
--- a/src/kacceleratormanager.cpp
+++ b/src/kacceleratormanager.cpp
@@ -791,8 +791,10 @@
         // Check if iconText was generated by Qt. In that case ignore it (no support for CJK accelerators) and set it from the text.
         if (iconText == copy_of_qt_strippedText(oldText)) {
             iconText = removeAcceleratorMarker(oldText);
+            if (iconText != maction->iconText()) {
+                maction->setIconText(iconText);
+            }
         }
-        maction->setIconText(iconText);
 
         if (KAcceleratorManagerPrivate::checkChange(list[cnt])) {
             maction->setText(list[cnt].accelerated());