diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
index ccae8807f6..859f76e3af 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
@@ -1533,6 +1533,8 @@ void TabWorkArea::setFullScreen(bool full_screen)
 
 	if (lyxrc.full_screen_tabbar)
 		showBar(!full_screen && count() > 1);
+	else
+		showBar(count() > 1);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index 499210ba68..cf2fff3b50 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Correctly display and handle the math commands \pod and \mod (bug 7962).
 
+- Fix tabbar visibility in fullscreen mode when opening/closing files (bug 7963).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION