diff --git a/app/app.c b/app/app.c
index a93b3b1fe0..c2f7ee3311 100644
--- a/app/app.c
+++ b/app/app.c
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ app_run (const gchar         *full_prog_name,
                           G_CALLBACK (app_exit_after_callback),
                           &run_loop);
 
+  /* The software is now fully loaded and ready to be used. */
+  gimp->initialized = TRUE;
+
 #ifndef GIMP_CONSOLE_COMPILATION
   if (run_loop && ! no_interface)
     {
diff --git a/app/core/gimp.h b/app/core/gimp.h
index 81c27ed74a..a543520d32 100644
--- a/app/core/gimp.h
+++ b/app/core/gimp.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct _Gimp
   GimpGui                 gui;         /* gui vtable */
 
   gboolean                restored;    /* becomes TRUE in gimp_restore() */
+  gboolean                initialized; /* Fully initialized (only set once at start). */
 
   gint                    busy;
   guint                   busy_idle_id;
diff --git a/app/gui/gimpdbusservice.c b/app/gui/gimpdbusservice.c
index e90c229171..04dec1a37f 100644
--- a/app/gui/gimpdbusservice.c
+++ b/app/gui/gimpdbusservice.c
@@ -328,14 +328,13 @@ gimp_dbus_service_process_idle (GimpDBusService *service)
 {
   IdleData *data;
 
-  if (! service->gimp->restored)
+  if (! service->gimp->initialized || ! service->gimp->restored)
     return TRUE;
 
   data = g_queue_pop_tail (service->queue);
 
   if (data)
     {
-
       if (data->file)
         file_open_from_command_line (service->gimp, data->file, data->as_new,
                                      NULL /* FIXME monitor */);