diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/OpenWalletDialog.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/OpenWalletDialog.qml
index 0d58565d0..9fcd75f84 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/OpenWalletDialog.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/OpenWalletDialog.qml
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ ElDialog {
         onNeedsPasswordChanged: {
             notice.visible = needsPassword
         }
+        onWalletOpenProblem: {
+            openwalletdialog.close()
+            Daemon.onWalletOpenProblem(error)
+        }
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qedaemon.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qedaemon.py
index 97d524dfc..c3c3f578f 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qedaemon.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qedaemon.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class QEDaemon(AuthMixin, QObject):
 
         self._walletdb = QEWalletDB()
         self._walletdb.validPasswordChanged.connect(self.passwordValidityCheck)
-        self._walletdb.walletOpenProblem.connect(self.on_wallet_open_problem)
+        self._walletdb.walletOpenProblem.connect(self.onWalletOpenProblem)
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def passwordValidityCheck(self):
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class QEDaemon(AuthMixin, QObject):
             self.walletRequiresPassword.emit(self._name, self._path)
 
     @pyqtSlot(str)
-    def on_wallet_open_problem(self, error):
+    def onWalletOpenProblem(self, error):
         self.walletOpenError.emit(error)
 
     @pyqtSlot()