diff --git a/egui/src/response.rs b/egui/src/response.rs
index cfb95069..5dd7972d 100644
--- a/egui/src/response.rs
+++ b/egui/src/response.rs
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ impl Response {
     ///     }
     /// });
     /// ```
-    pub fn context_menu(&self, add_contents: impl FnOnce(&mut Ui)) -> &Self {
-        self.ctx.show_context_menu(self, add_contents);
+    pub fn context_menu(self, add_contents: impl FnOnce(&mut Ui)) -> Self {
+        self.ctx.show_context_menu(&self, add_contents);
         self
     }
 }
diff --git a/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/drag_and_drop.rs b/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/drag_and_drop.rs
index cb44e2ff..99dc2d30 100644
--- a/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/drag_and_drop.rs
+++ b/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/drag_and_drop.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl super::View for DragAndDropDemo {
                 })
                 .response;
 
-                response.context_menu(|ui| {
+                let response = response.context_menu(|ui| {
                     if ui.button("New Item").clicked() {
                         self.columns[col_idx].push("New Item".to_string());
                         ui.close_menu();