diff --git a/kdeui/widgets/kmainwindow.cpp b/kdeui/widgets/kmainwindow.cpp
index 7448991..49626a5 100644
--- a/kdeui/widgets/kmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/kdeui/widgets/kmainwindow.cpp
@@ -228,9 +228,10 @@ void KMainWindowPrivate::init(KMainWindow *_q)
 
     q = _q;
 
-    q->setAnimated(KGlobalSettings::graphicEffectsLevel() & KGlobalSettings::SimpleAnimationEffects);
+    q->setAttribute(Qt::WA_QuitOnClose);
+    q->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, false);
 
-    q->setAttribute( Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose );
+    q->setAnimated(KGlobalSettings::graphicEffectsLevel() & KGlobalSettings::SimpleAnimationEffects);
 
     KWhatsThisManager::init ();