diff --git a/src/frontends/WorkArea.C b/src/frontends/WorkArea.C
index 1ecab9fdc6..55b7e15a9e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/WorkArea.C
+++ b/src/frontends/WorkArea.C
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ void WorkArea::dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd0)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	theLyXFunc().setLyXView(&lyx_view_);
+
 	buffer_view_->workAreaDispatch(cmd0);
 
 	// Skip these when selecting