diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiCitation.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiCitation.cpp
index 3f385f1f3e..64759879ea 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiCitation.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiCitation.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void GuiCitation::setButtons()
 
 void GuiCitation::updateInfo(QModelIndex const & idx)
 {
-	if (!idx.isValid() || bibInfo().empty()) {
+	if (!idx.isValid()) {
 		infoML->document()->clear();
 		return;
 	}