diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
index 266ae88867..bc532de058 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ bool GuiApplication::getStatus(FuncRequest const & cmd, FuncStatus & flag) const
 
 // This function runs "configure" and then rereads lyx.defaults to
 // reconfigure the automatic settings.
-static void reconfigure(LyXView * lv, string const & option)
+static void reconfigure(GuiView * lv, string const & option)
 {
 	// emit message signal.
 	if (lv)