From 46f1f6f1cbf2ddb4de8c4d96e76e3a1bd74f2e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Kimberly Heck <rikiheck@lyx.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 17:50:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug #11635

---
 src/Server.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Server.cpp b/src/Server.cpp
index d4a2120b6e..a3556d1663 100644
--- a/src/Server.cpp
+++ b/src/Server.cpp
@@ -1002,6 +1002,9 @@ struct Sleep : QThread
 
 bool LyXComm::loadFilesInOtherInstance()
 {
+	if (theFilesToLoad().size() == 0)
+		return true;
+
 	int pipefd;
 	int loaded_files = 0;
 	FileName const pipe(inPipeName());