diff --git a/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py b/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
index e2f4d7f67..545204a2f 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
@@ -993,7 +993,8 @@ class ViewManager(CLIManager):
         The method called after load of a new database.
         Inherit CLI method to add GUI part
         """
-        self._post_load_newdb_nongui(filename, title)
+        if self.dbstate.db.is_open():
+            self._post_load_newdb_nongui(filename, title)
         self._post_load_newdb_gui(filename, filetype, title)
 
     def _post_load_newdb_gui(self, filename, filetype, title=None):