diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/NppIO.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/NppIO.cpp
index 8c66d822b..12c94a0d3 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/NppIO.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/NppIO.cpp
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ bool Notepad_plus::fileCloseAllButCurrent()
 {
 	BufferID current = _pEditView->getCurrentBufferID();
 	const int activeViewID = currentView();
+	int active = _pDocTab->getCurrentTabIndex();
 	bool noSaveToAll = false;
 	bool saveToAll = false;
 	std::vector<unsigned int> mainSaveOpIndex, subSaveOpIndex;
@@ -1422,7 +1423,6 @@ bool Notepad_plus::fileCloseAllButCurrent()
     }
 
 	const int viewNo = currentView();
-	int active = _pDocTab->getCurrentTabIndex();
 	size_t nbItems = _pDocTab->nbItem();
 	activateBuffer(_pDocTab->getBufferByIndex(0), viewNo);