diff --git a/src/allmain.c b/src/allmain.c
index 4aef642c5..7d7ff03c6 100644
--- a/src/allmain.c
+++ b/src/allmain.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	allmain.c	$NHDT-Date: 1451955079 2016/01/05 00:51:19 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.70 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	allmain.c	$NHDT-Date: 1463217182 2016/05/14 09:13:02 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.72 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -506,6 +506,9 @@ display_gamewindows()
 #endif
     WIN_MAP = create_nhwindow(NHW_MAP);
     WIN_INVEN = create_nhwindow(NHW_MENU);
+    /* in case of early quit where WIN_INVEN could be destroyed before
+       ever having been used, use it here to pacify the Qt interface */
+    start_menu(WIN_INVEN), end_menu(WIN_INVEN, (char *) 0);
 
 #ifdef MAC
     /* This _is_ the right place for this - maybe we will
diff --git a/win/Qt/qt_win.cpp b/win/Qt/qt_win.cpp
index 8350c8ca9..db995f7ea 100644
--- a/win/Qt/qt_win.cpp
+++ b/win/Qt/qt_win.cpp
@@ -4401,12 +4401,11 @@ void NetHackQtMenuOrTextWindow::Display(bool block)
 
 bool NetHackQtMenuOrTextWindow::Destroy()
 {
-    bool res;
+    bool res = FALSE;
 
-    if (!actual) {
-        /* impossible("Destroy called before we know if Menu or Text"); */
-        res = FALSE; // early Destroy is not impossible
-    } else
+    if (!actual)
+        impossible("Destroy called before we know if Menu or Text");
+    else
         res = actual->Destroy();
 
     return res;