diff --git a/rtgui/batchqueue.cc b/rtgui/batchqueue.cc
index a66fda153..6c42ef89f 100644
--- a/rtgui/batchqueue.cc
+++ b/rtgui/batchqueue.cc
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void BatchQueue::addEntries (const std::vector<BatchQueueEntry*>& entries, bool
         saveBatchQueue ();
 
     redraw ();
-    notifyListener (true);
+    notifyListener ();
 }
 
 bool BatchQueue::saveBatchQueue ()
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ bool BatchQueue::loadBatchQueue ()
     }
 
     redraw ();
-    notifyListener (true);
+    notifyListener ();
 
     return !fd.empty ();
 }
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void BatchQueue::cancelItems (const std::vector<ThumbBrowserEntryBase*>& items)
     saveBatchQueue ();
 
     redraw ();
-    notifyListener (true);
+    notifyListener ();
 }
 
 void BatchQueue::headItems (const std::vector<ThumbBrowserEntryBase*>& items)
@@ -775,8 +775,7 @@ rtengine::ProcessingJob* BatchQueue::imageReady(rtengine::IImagefloat* img)
     }
 
     redraw ();
-    const bool queueRunning = processing;
-    notifyListener (queueRunning);
+    notifyListener ();
 
     return processing ? processing->job : nullptr;
 }
@@ -971,9 +970,9 @@ void BatchQueue::buttonPressed (LWButton* button, int actionCode, void* actionDa
     }
 }
 
-void BatchQueue::notifyListener (bool queueRunning)
+void BatchQueue::notifyListener ()
 {
-
+    const bool queueRunning = processing;
     if (listener) {
         NLParams* params = new NLParams;
         params->listener = listener;
diff --git a/rtgui/batchqueue.h b/rtgui/batchqueue.h
index 6b0e047cb..a922e5e1f 100644
--- a/rtgui/batchqueue.h
+++ b/rtgui/batchqueue.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ protected:
     Glib::ustring autoCompleteFileName (const Glib::ustring& fileName, const Glib::ustring& format);
     Glib::ustring getTempFilenameForParams( const Glib::ustring &filename );
     bool saveBatchQueue ();
-    void notifyListener (bool queueRunning);
+    void notifyListener ();
 
     BatchQueueEntry* processing;  // holds the currently processed image
     FileCatalog* fileCatalog;