diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_access_menu.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_access_menu.inc
index 1d7632474f64b98aa7af9b75f9b100593714f1d1..82c9ceaab594898ce091e4467cd8918bb278edda 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_access_menu.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_access_menu.inc
@@ -19,14 +19,17 @@ class views_plugin_access_menu extends views_plugin_access {
    * In that case, we need to check access to the router path manually.
    */
   function access($account) {
+    // Retrieve the original router path for this view, and check access to it.
+    // Get this based on the display property of this access plugin, not the
+    // view itself. The 'current display' could be set to something else, like
+    // default.
+    $path = $this->display->handler->get_option('path');
+    $item = menu_get_item($path);
+
     // If we are on the original router path, the menu system has checked access already.
-    $item = menu_get_item();
     if ($item['href'] == $_GET['q']) {
       return TRUE;
     }
-    // Retrieve the original router path for this view, and check access to it.
-    $path = $this->view->display_handler->get_option('path');
-    $item = menu_get_item($path);
 
     return $item['access'];
   }
diff --git a/tests/admin_views.test b/tests/admin_views.test
index 7ffa63988108bf1b2c8073366a8d65464886fffa..727bded366b39d3f3721bce0d812f2e343f0d985 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views.test
+++ b/tests/admin_views.test
@@ -249,3 +249,39 @@ class AdminViewsPageDisplayTestCase extends AdminViewsWebTestCase {
     return $view;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Tests default views.
+ */
+class AdminViewsAccessHandlerTestCase extends AdminViewsWebTestCase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Access handler',
+      'description' => 'Tests views_plugin_access_menu handler.',
+      'group' => 'Administration views',
+    );
+  }
+
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp(array('node'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests access handler via views/ajax.
+   */
+  function testAjaxAccess() {
+    $params = array(
+      'view_name' => 'admin_views_user',
+      'view_display_id' => 'system_1',
+    );
+    $response_data = $this->drupalGetAJAX('views/ajax', array('query' => $params));
+
+    $this->assertResponse(200);
+    // Check no views settings are returned.
+    $this->assertTrue(empty($response_data[0]['settings']['views']));
+    // The next item in the AJAX data will be the insert command containing the
+    // rendered view.
+    $this->assertTrue(empty($response_data[1]));
+  }
+}