diff --git a/source/gui/__init__.py b/source/gui/__init__.py
index 9aaab0b7a87..488cdcfa5d7 100644
--- a/source/gui/__init__.py
+++ b/source/gui/__init__.py
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ def onOk(self, evt):
 			action += 1
 		if action == 0:
 			core.triggerNVDAExit()
+			return  # there's no need to destroy ExitDialog in this instance as triggerNVDAExit will do this
 		elif action == 1:
 			queueHandler.queueFunction(queueHandler.eventQueue,core.restart)
 		elif action == 2: