diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.cpp
index 450799f29..f4fe54917 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.cpp
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void DialogueWindow::onTopicActivated(const std::string &topicId)
     {
+        if (mGoodbye)
+            return;
+
         MWBase::Environment::get().getDialogueManager()->keywordSelected(topicId, mCallback.get());
         updateTopics();
     }