diff --git a/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp b/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
index 62ecf334c..9cc7251e3 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ void CHintBox::init(	const std::string& Text,
 
 CHintBox::~CHintBox()
 {
+	enable_timeout_bar = false;
 	disableTimeOutBar();
 }