diff --git a/src/useractions.cpp b/src/useractions.cpp
index b7c17f9bb1..b8bc735921 100644
--- a/src/useractions.cpp
+++ b/src/useractions.cpp
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ void Window::setShortcut(const QString &_cut)
         }
         return;
     }
-    const QRegularExpression reg(QStringLiteral("(.*\\+)\\((.*)\\)"));
+    static const QRegularExpression reg(QStringLiteral("(.*\\+)\\((.*)\\)"));
     QList<QKeySequence> keys;
     const QStringList groups = cut.split(QStringLiteral(" - "));
     for (auto it = groups.begin(); it != groups.end(); ++it) {