diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 2980301776..abcbe30ec8 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -1895,8 +1895,8 @@ Buffer * GuiView::loadDocument(FileName const & filename, bool tolastfiles)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	newBuffer->errors("Parse");
 	setBuffer(newBuffer);
+	newBuffer->errors("Parse");
 
 	if (tolastfiles)
 		theSession().lastFiles().add(filename);