diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/contextmenu.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/contextmenu.ts
index fc2ee03201f3776d417c87128b6e713336ff3375..2a28dace3c22bf3fe9f376e8b5fae605ef3def95 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/contextmenu.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/contextmenu.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface IContextMenuEvent {
 
 export interface IContextMenuDelegate {
 	getAnchor(): HTMLElement | { x: number; y: number; width?: number; height?: number; };
-	getActions(): IAction[];
+	getActions(): readonly IAction[];
 	getCheckedActionsRepresentation?(action: IAction): 'radio' | 'checkbox';
 	getActionViewItem?(action: IAction): IActionViewItem | undefined;
 	getActionsContext?(event?: IContextMenuEvent): any;
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index 9abc9274c1f12e932ca1acd21e2d613cc3ee281d..ea6611aba29c3b549ddd44ff0f45ae3c94192e64 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export class Dropdown extends BaseDropdown {
 }
 
 export interface IActionProvider {
-	getActions(): IAction[];
+	getActions(): readonly IAction[];
 }
 
 export interface IDropdownMenuOptions extends IBaseDropdownOptions {
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export interface IDropdownMenuOptions extends IBaseDropdownOptions {
 export class DropdownMenu extends BaseDropdown {
 	private _contextMenuProvider: IContextMenuProvider;
 	private _menuOptions: IMenuOptions | undefined;
-	private _actions: IAction[] = [];
+	private _actions: readonly IAction[] = [];
 	private actionProvider?: IActionProvider;
 	private menuClassName: string;
 	private menuAsChild?: boolean;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export class DropdownMenu extends BaseDropdown {
 		return this._menuOptions;
 	}
 
-	private get actions(): IAction[] {
+	private get actions(): readonly IAction[] {
 		if (this.actionProvider) {
 			return this.actionProvider.getActions();
 		}
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ export class DropdownMenu extends BaseDropdown {
 		return this._actions;
 	}
 
-	private set actions(actions: IAction[]) {
+	private set actions(actions: readonly IAction[]) {
 		this._actions = actions;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/actions/browser/menuEntryActionViewItem.ts b/src/vs/platform/actions/browser/menuEntryActionViewItem.ts
index 0250cc10e375709ef21bc4fb3858ac0486084306..aafc56e63cbf2eea446d4c595170968677791495 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/actions/browser/menuEntryActionViewItem.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/actions/browser/menuEntryActionViewItem.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export class SubmenuEntryActionViewItem extends DropdownMenuActionViewItem {
 		action: SubmenuItemAction,
 		@IContextMenuService contextMenuService: IContextMenuService
 	) {
-		super(action, action.actions, contextMenuService, {
+		super(action, { getActions: () => action.actions }, contextMenuService, {
 			menuAsChild: true,
 			classNames: ThemeIcon.isThemeIcon(action.item.icon) ? ThemeIcon.asClassName(action.item.icon) : undefined,
 		});