diff --git a/src/frontends/LyXView.C b/src/frontends/LyXView.C
index 1bcac4dd0f..674c3ec6c4 100644
--- a/src/frontends/LyXView.C
+++ b/src/frontends/LyXView.C
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ string current_layout;
 
 
 LyXView::LyXView()
-	: controlcommand_(new ControlCommandBuffer(getLyXFunc())),
-	  intl_(new Intl),
+	: intl_(new Intl),
 	  autosave_timeout_(new Timeout(5000)),
 	  lyxfunc_(new LyXFunc(this)),
-	  dialogs_(new Dialogs(this))
+	  dialogs_(new Dialogs(this)),
+		controlcommand_(new ControlCommandBuffer(getLyXFunc()))
 {
 	lyxerr[Debug::INIT] << "Initializing LyXFunc" << endl;
 }
diff --git a/src/frontends/LyXView.h b/src/frontends/LyXView.h
index 5a478650a9..2e2e431a21 100644
--- a/src/frontends/LyXView.h
+++ b/src/frontends/LyXView.h
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ protected:
 	boost::scoped_ptr<Menubar> menubar_;
 	/// view's toolbar
 	boost::scoped_ptr<Toolbar> toolbar_;
-	/// view's command buffer controller
-	boost::scoped_ptr<ControlCommandBuffer> const controlcommand_;
 
 private:
 	/**
@@ -166,6 +164,12 @@ private:
 	boost::scoped_ptr<LyXFunc> lyxfunc_;
 	/// dialogs for this view
 	boost::scoped_ptr<Dialogs> dialogs_;
+
+protected:
+	/// view's command buffer controller
+	// this has to be declared _after_ lyxfunc_ as its initialization depends
+	// on it!
+	boost::scoped_ptr<ControlCommandBuffer> const controlcommand_;
 };
 
 #endif // LYXVIEW_H