diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
index 59c99e0d23..ade73a6dd9 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
@@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@ bool GuiApplication::closeAllViews()
 	if (d->views_.empty())
 		return true;
 
+	// When a view/window was closed before without quitting LyX, there
+	// are already entries in the lastOpened list.
+	theSession().lastOpened().clear();
+
 	QList<GuiView *> views = d->views_.values();
 	foreach (GuiView * view, views) {
 		if (!view->close())
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index a3532d1c6d..d5ebfbd4cc 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -536,10 +536,6 @@ void GuiView::closeEvent(QCloseEvent * close_event)
 	GuiWorkArea * active_wa = currentMainWorkArea();
 	setCurrentWorkArea(active_wa);
 
-	// When a view/window was closed before without quitting LyX, there
-	// are already entries in the lastOpened list.
-	theSession().lastOpened().clear();
-
 	int splitter_count = d.splitter_->count();
 	for (; splitter_count; --splitter_count) {
 		TabWorkArea * twa = d.tabWorkArea(0);