diff --git a/addons/share/wizard/share_wizard.py b/addons/share/wizard/share_wizard.py
index 755e4777eca..cae12ddbfe7 100644
--- a/addons/share/wizard/share_wizard.py
+++ b/addons/share/wizard/share_wizard.py
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ class share_create(osv.osv_memory):
 
     def _setup_action_and_shortcut(self, cr, uid, wizard_data, user_ids, new_users, context=None):
         user_obj = self.pool.get('res.users')
-        menu_action_id = user_obj._get_menu(cr, uid, context=context)
         values = {
             'name': (_('%s (Shared)') % wizard_data.action_id.name)[:64],
             'domain': wizard_data.domain,
@@ -169,9 +168,11 @@ class share_create(osv.osv_memory):
         for user_id in user_ids:
             action_id = self._create_shortcut(cr, user_id, values)
             if new_users:
+                # We do this only for new share users, as existing ones already have their initial home
+                # action. Resetting to the default menu does not work well as the menu is rather empty
+                # and does not contain the shortcuts in most cases.
                 user_obj.write(cr, 1, [user_id], {'action_id': action_id})
-            else:
-                user_obj.write(cr, 1, [user_id], {'action_id': menu_action_id})
+
 
     def _get_recursive_relations(self, cr, uid, model, ttypes, relation_fields=None, suffix=None, context=None):
         """Returns list of tuples representing recursive relationships of type ``ttypes`` starting from