diff --git a/kopete/kopete/chatwindow/chatview.cpp b/kopete/kopete/chatwindow/chatview.cpp
index 1b27e97e..d4944e0f 100644
--- a/kopete/kopete/chatwindow/chatview.cpp
+++ b/kopete/kopete/chatwindow/chatview.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ bool ChatView::closeView( bool force )
 
 	if ( !force )
 	{
-		if ( m_manager->members().count() > 1 )
+		if ( m_manager->members().count() > 1 &&
+		     m_manager->account()->isConnected() )
 		{
 			TQString shortCaption = d->captionText;
 			shortCaption = KStringHandler::rsqueeze( shortCaption );