diff --git a/src/lyxfunc.C b/src/lyxfunc.C
index 7cffa284ff..5a52c9a3bf 100644
--- a/src/lyxfunc.C
+++ b/src/lyxfunc.C
@@ -651,9 +651,7 @@ FuncStatus LyXFunc::getStatus(FuncRequest const & cmd) const
 }
 
 
-namespace {
-
-bool ensureBufferClean(BufferView * bv)
+bool LyXFunc::ensureBufferClean(BufferView * bv)
 {
 	Buffer & buf = *bv->buffer();
 	if (buf.isClean())
@@ -668,12 +666,14 @@ bool ensureBufferClean(BufferView * bv)
 				      _("&Cancel"));
 
 	if (ret == 0)
-		bv->owner()->dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_BUFFER_WRITE));
+		dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_BUFFER_WRITE));
 
 	return buf.isClean();
 }
 
 
+namespace {
+
 void showPrintError(string const & name)
 {
 	docstring str = bformat(_("Could not print the document %1$s.\n"
diff --git a/src/lyxfunc.h b/src/lyxfunc.h
index 7a2b322e69..92ec7f6de9 100644
--- a/src/lyxfunc.h
+++ b/src/lyxfunc.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ private:
 	void doImport(std::string const &);
 	///
 	void closeBuffer();
+	///
+	bool ensureBufferClean(BufferView * bv);
 };
 
 #endif