diff --git a/rtgui/batchqueue.cc b/rtgui/batchqueue.cc
index 191131352..a66fda153 100644
--- a/rtgui/batchqueue.cc
+++ b/rtgui/batchqueue.cc
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ rtengine::ProcessingJob* BatchQueue::imageReady(rtengine::IImagefloat* img)
     }
 
     redraw ();
-    const bool queueRunning = (processing != nullptr);
+    const bool queueRunning = processing;
     notifyListener (queueRunning);
 
     return processing ? processing->job : nullptr;
diff --git a/rtgui/batchqueuepanel.h b/rtgui/batchqueuepanel.h
index 89b8d8910..a05d94fe3 100644
--- a/rtgui/batchqueuepanel.h
+++ b/rtgui/batchqueuepanel.h
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ class BatchQueuePanel : public Gtk::VBox,
     Gtk::HBox* bottomBox;
     Gtk::HBox* topBox;
 
-    IdleRegister idle_register;
-
     std::atomic<bool> qStartStopState;
 
+    IdleRegister idle_register;
+
 public:
     explicit BatchQueuePanel (FileCatalog* aFileCatalog);
     ~BatchQueuePanel();