diff --git a/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.cpp b/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.cpp
index 0ed8c1d23..a405b1c2d 100644
--- a/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.cpp
@@ -2543,6 +2543,22 @@ bool DatabaseWidget::isRecycleBinSelected() const
     return (group && group->isRecycled()) || (entry && entry->isRecycled());
 }
 
+bool DatabaseWidget::hasRecycledSelectedEntries() const
+{
+    if (!m_entryView) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Check if any of the selected entries are actually recycled
+    for (auto* entry : m_entryView->selectedEntries()) {
+        if (entry && entry->isRecycled()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 void DatabaseWidget::emptyRecycleBin()
 {
     if (!isRecycleBinSelected()) {
diff --git a/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.h b/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.h
index d990419a2..e9a81f5ac 100644
--- a/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public:
     bool canDeleteCurrentGroup() const;
     bool isGroupSelected() const;
     bool isRecycleBinSelected() const;
+    bool hasRecycledSelectedEntries() const;
     int numberOfSelectedEntries() const;
     int currentEntryIndex() const;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index af3dddf58..145bb4b99 100644
--- a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -982,8 +982,9 @@ void MainWindow::updateMenuActionState()
     } else {
         m_ui->actionEntryDelete->setToolTip(tr("Delete Entry"));
     }
-    m_ui->actionEntryRestore->setVisible(multiEntrySelected && inRecycleBin);
-    m_ui->actionEntryRestore->setEnabled(multiEntrySelected && inRecycleBin);
+    bool hasRecycledEntries = (inDatabase && dbWidget && dbWidget->hasRecycledSelectedEntries());
+    m_ui->actionEntryRestore->setVisible(multiEntrySelected && hasRecycledEntries);
+    m_ui->actionEntryRestore->setEnabled(multiEntrySelected && hasRecycledEntries);
     if (dbWidget) {
         m_ui->actionEntryRestore->setText(tr("Restore Entry(s)", "", dbWidget->numberOfSelectedEntries()));
         m_ui->actionEntryRestore->setToolTip(tr("Restore Entry(s)", "", dbWidget->numberOfSelectedEntries()));