diff --git a/src/insets/Inset.cpp b/src/insets/Inset.cpp
index 5df7d41720..96634c87aa 100644
--- a/src/insets/Inset.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/Inset.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,13 @@ bool Inset::isBufferLoaded() const
 }
 
 
+bool Inset::isBufferValid() const
+{
+	return buffer_ 
+		&& (isBufferLoaded() || buffer_->isClone());
+}
+
+
 docstring Inset::name() const
 {
 	return from_ascii("unknown");
diff --git a/src/insets/Inset.h b/src/insets/Inset.h
index 50c05645ee..22604a73de 100644
--- a/src/insets/Inset.h
+++ b/src/insets/Inset.h
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@ public:
 	virtual Buffer const & buffer() const;
 	/// Returns true if buffer_ actually points to a Buffer that has
 	/// been loaded into LyX and is still open. Note that this will
-	/// always return false for cloned Buffers. 
+	/// always return false for cloned Buffers. If you want to allow
+	/// for the case of cloned Buffers, use isBufferValid().
 	bool isBufferLoaded() const;
+	/// Returns true if this is a loaded buffer or a cloned buffer.
+	bool isBufferValid() const;
 
 	/// initialize view for this inset.
 	/**
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetQuotes.cpp b/src/insets/InsetQuotes.cpp
index cf8a941dda..9fd534b2b6 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetQuotes.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetQuotes.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ void InsetQuotes::parseString(string const & s)
 
 docstring InsetQuotes::displayString() const
 {
-	Language const * loclang = isBufferLoaded() ? buffer().params().language : 0;
+	Language const * loclang = 
+		isBufferValid() ? buffer().params().language : 0;
 	int const index = quote_index[side_][language_];
 	docstring retdisp = docstring(1, display_quote_char[times_][index]);
 
diff --git a/src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp b/src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp
index 88147a48ed..62a28ec4c9 100644
--- a/src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp
+++ b/src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static docstring latexString(InsetMathHull const & inset)
 	// first time as a whole, and the second time only the inner math.
 	// In this last case inset.buffer() would be invalid.
 	static Encoding const * encoding = 0;
-	if (inset.isBufferLoaded())
+	if (inset.isBufferValid())
 		encoding = &(inset.buffer().params().encoding());
 	WriteStream wi(ls, false, true, WriteStream::wsPreview, encoding);
 	inset.write(wi);