diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
index 9d6538c1ce..e9910f42b5 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
@@ -600,12 +600,12 @@ void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::setEditLock (bool locked)
     mLocked = locked;
     QModelIndex currentIndex(mTable->getModelIndex(mCurrentId, 0));
 
-    mEditWidget->setDisabled (state==CSMWorld::RecordBase::State_Deleted || locked);
-	
     if (currentIndex.isValid())
     {
 	CSMWorld::RecordBase::State state = static_cast<CSMWorld::RecordBase::State>(mTable->data (mTable->index (currentIndex.row(), 1)).toInt());
 
+	mEditWidget->setDisabled (state==CSMWorld::RecordBase::State_Deleted || locked);
+
 	mCommandDispatcher.setEditLock (locked);
     }
 
@@ -615,11 +615,12 @@ void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::dataChanged(const QModelIndex & index)
 {
     QModelIndex currentIndex(mTable->getModelIndex(mCurrentId, 0));
 
-    mEditWidget->setDisabled (state==CSMWorld::RecordBase::State_Deleted || mLocked);
 
     if (currentIndex.isValid() && index.row() == currentIndex.row())
     {
         CSMWorld::RecordBase::State state = static_cast<CSMWorld::RecordBase::State>(mTable->data (mTable->index (currentIndex.row(), 1)).toInt());
+
+	mEditWidget->setDisabled (state==CSMWorld::RecordBase::State_Deleted || mLocked);
     }
 }