diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
index 376a28aa7..7c89c4979 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         if (mInterMessageBoxe != NULL)
         {
             std::cerr << "Warning: replacing an interactive message box that was not answered yet" << std::endl;
+            mInterMessageBoxe->setVisible(false);
             delete mInterMessageBoxe;
             mInterMessageBoxe = NULL;
         }