diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6773984c58..e317269000 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
     Bug #6799: Game crashes if an NPC has no Class attached
     Bug #6849: ImageButton texture is not scaled properly
     Bug #6895: Removing a negative number of items from a script, makes the script terminate with an error
+    Bug #6898: Accessing the Quick Inventory menu does not work while in menu mode
     Bug #6901: Morrowind.exe soul gem usage discrepancy
     Feature #890: OpenMW-CS: Column filtering
     Feature #1465: "Reset" argument for AI functions
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
index aeadc88177..5608e8b767 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ namespace MWGui
         }
     }
 
+    void QuickKeysMenu::onClose()
+    {
+        WindowBase::onClose();
+
+        if (mAssignDialog)
+            mAssignDialog->setVisible(false);
+        if (mItemSelectionDialog)
+            mItemSelectionDialog->setVisible(false);
+        if (mMagicSelectionDialog)
+            mMagicSelectionDialog->setVisible(false);
+    }
+
     void QuickKeysMenu::unassign(keyData* key)
     {
         key->button->clearUserStrings();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.hpp
index 4761c98ceb..6343dfc879 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         void onAssignMagic (const std::string& spellId);
         void onAssignMagicCancel ();
         void onOpen() override;
+        void onClose() override;
 
         void activateQuickKey(int index);
         void updateActivatedQuickKey();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwinput/actionmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwinput/actionmanager.cpp
index 4674ead688..75b53d47be 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwinput/actionmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwinput/actionmanager.cpp
@@ -477,22 +477,19 @@ namespace MWInput
 
     void ActionManager::showQuickKeysMenu()
     {
-        if (!MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->isGuiMode ()
-                && MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getGlobalFloat ("chargenstate")==-1)
+        if (MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getMode () == MWGui::GM_QuickKeysMenu)
         {
-            if (!checkAllowedToUseItems())
-                return;
-
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->pushGuiMode (MWGui::GM_QuickKeysMenu);
-        }
-        else if (MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getMode () == MWGui::GM_QuickKeysMenu)
-        {
-            while (MyGUI::InputManager::getInstance().isModalAny())
-            { //Handle any open Modal windows
-                MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->exitCurrentModal();
-            }
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->exitCurrentGuiMode(); //And handle the actual main window
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->exitCurrentGuiMode();
+            return;
         }
+
+        if (MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getGlobalFloat ("chargenstate") != -1)
+            return;
+
+        if (!checkAllowedToUseItems())
+            return;
+
+        MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->pushGuiMode (MWGui::GM_QuickKeysMenu);
     }
 
     void ActionManager::activate()