diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 36739dbc79..8986f7dfbc 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ void GuiView::closeEvent(QCloseEvent * close_event)
 	// it can happen that this event arrives without selecting the view,
 	// e.g. when clicking the close button on a background window.
 	setFocus();
-	if (!closeBufferAll(true)) {
+	if (!closeWorkAreaAll(true)) {
 		closing_ = false;
 		close_event->ignore();
 		return;