diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
index bca53f236..ee98d72c7 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
@@ -738,6 +738,9 @@ void NotifyQt::enable()
 
 void NotifyQt::UpdateGUI()
 {
+	if(RsAutoUpdatePage::eventsLocked())
+		return ;
+
 	{
 		QMutexLocker m(&_mutex) ;
 		if(!_enabled)