diff --git a/rtgui/icmpanel.cc b/rtgui/icmpanel.cc
index 4695f009f..f68160a81 100644
--- a/rtgui/icmpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/icmpanel.cc
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ void ICMPanel::read (const ProcParams* pp, const ParamsEdited* pedited) {
     tcurveconn.block(true);
     blendcmsconn.block(true);
 
-	if(pp->icm.input.substr(0,5) != "file:")
+	if(pp->icm.input.substr(0,5) != "file:" && !ipDialog->get_filename().empty())
 		ipDialog->set_filename(pp->icm.input);
 
     if (pp->icm.input == "(none)" && icamera->get_state()!=Gtk::STATE_INSENSITIVE) {