diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index 0b9c7a33de..99e7d1133a 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -5522,7 +5522,6 @@ Editor::strip_region_silence ()
 		StripSilence s (*_session, silences, d.fade_length());
 
 		apply_filter (s, _("strip silence"), &d);
-		_session->add_extra_xml(d.get_state());
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.cc
index 6aeec29cd9..242a485221 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.cc
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ StripSilenceDialog::StripSilenceDialog (Session* s, list<RegionView*> const & v)
 	Completed.connect (_completed_connection, invalidator(*this), boost::bind (&StripSilenceDialog::update, this), gui_context ());
 	_thread_should_finish = false;
 	pthread_create (&_thread, 0, StripSilenceDialog::_detection_thread_work, this);
+
+	signal_response().connect(sigc::mem_fun (*this, &StripSilenceDialog::finished));
 }
 
 
@@ -364,4 +366,12 @@ StripSilenceDialog::get_state ()
 void
 StripSilenceDialog::set_state (const XMLNode &)
 {
+}
+
+void
+StripSilenceDialog::finished(int response)
+{
+	if(response == Gtk::RESPONSE_OK) {
+		_session->add_extra_xml(get_state());
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.h b/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.h
index bc90ce321e..39bab433b7 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ private:
 	void threshold_changed ();
 	void update_progress_gui (float);
 	void restart_thread ();
+	void finished(int);
 
 	Gtk::SpinButton _threshold;
 	AudioClock*      _minimum_length;