diff --git a/src/BufferView.cpp b/src/BufferView.cpp
index 81bd61cef4..a5e2a1f732 100644
--- a/src/BufferView.cpp
+++ b/src/BufferView.cpp
@@ -1874,8 +1874,10 @@ void BufferView::gotoLabel(docstring const & label)
 	TocIterator toc_it = toc.begin();
 	TocIterator end = toc.end();
 	for (; toc_it != end; ++toc_it) {
-		if (label == toc_it->str())
+		if (label == toc_it->str()) {
 			dispatch(toc_it->action());
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 	//FIXME: We could do a bit more searching thanks to this:
 	//InsetLabel const * inset = buffer_.insetLabel(label);
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index a74b653f2a..b445fe3af9 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ What's new
 - Fix a crash when closing a window after a document was opened
   multiple times and each time a new window was opened (bug 6188).
 
+- Fix a crash when navigating to a label in a child document (bug 6252).
+
 - Fix a number of assertions when displaying error messages (bug 6205). 
 
 - Fix bad allocation exception when displaying long tool tips (bug 6215).
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix Ctrl-Shift-Tab shortcut for tabs (bug 6194).
 
+
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
 
 - Fix the compilation of the example file powerdot-example.lyx with