diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_audio_import.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_audio_import.cc
index 5a250a09b8..fbf884c162 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_audio_import.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_audio_import.cc
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ Editor::do_import (vector<string> paths, ImportDisposition chns, ImportMode mode
 	current_interthread_info = &import_status;
 	import_status.current = 1;
 	import_status.total = paths.size ();
+	import_status.all_done = false;
 
 	ImportProgressWindow ipw (&import_status, _("Import"), _("Cancel Import"));
 
@@ -423,6 +424,8 @@ Editor::do_import (vector<string> paths, ImportDisposition chns, ImportMode mode
                         }
                 }
 	}
+
+	import_status.all_done = true;
 }
 
 void
@@ -499,7 +502,6 @@ Editor::import_sndfiles (vector<string> paths, ImportMode mode, SrcQuality quali
 	import_status.done = false;
 	import_status.cancel = false;
 	import_status.freeze = false;
-	import_status.done = 0.0;
 	import_status.quality = quality;
 	import_status.replace_existing_source = replace;
 
@@ -816,8 +818,6 @@ Editor::add_sources (vector<string> paths, SourceList& sources, framepos_t& pos,
                 
                 if (use_timestamp && ar) {
                         
-                        cerr << "Using timestamp to place region " << (*r)->name() << endl;
-                        
                         /* get timestamp for this region */
 
                         const boost::shared_ptr<Source> s (ar->sources().front());
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/interthread_progress_window.cc b/gtk2_ardour/interthread_progress_window.cc
index 7de3fd2b4d..6cd1d8686a 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/interthread_progress_window.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/interthread_progress_window.cc
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ ImportProgressWindow::update ()
 	}
 	
 	_bar.set_text (string_compose (_("Importing file: %1 of %2"), c, _import_status->total));
-	
-	return !(_import_status->done || _import_status->cancel);
+
+	return !(_import_status->all_done || _import_status->cancel);
 }
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/import_status.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/import_status.h
index d06a464716..9beb70f2f0 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/import_status.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/import_status.h
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ struct ImportStatus : public InterThreadInfo {
 	std::vector<std::string>   paths;
 	bool                       replace_existing_source;
 
+	/** set to true when all files have been imported, as distinct from the done in ARDOUR::InterThreadInfo,
+	 *  which indicates that one run of the import thread has been completed.
+	 */
+	bool all_done;
+
 	/* result */
 	SourceList sources;
 };