diff --git a/src/gui/qgsguiutils.cpp b/src/gui/qgsguiutils.cpp
index 3870ee12349..98e7da40dd4 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsguiutils.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsguiutils.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace QgsGuiUtils
       outputFileName = fileDialog->selectedFiles().first();
     }
 
-    selectedFilter = fileDialog->selectedFilter();
+    selectedFilter = fileDialog->selectedNameFilter();
     QgsDebugMsg( "Selected filter: " + selectedFilter );
     ext = filterMap.value( selectedFilter, QString() );