diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index be7081844e631eadda9c3d4520aa0cac5176479c..7494392e14d0ad89eb6e6df13f09e05b4e7a94d4 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void MainWindow::_showDockWidgetAction(bool show)
 {
     QAction* action = qobject_cast<QAction*>(QObject::sender());
     Q_ASSERT(action);
-    _showDockWidget(action->text(), show);
+    _showDockWidget(action->data().toString(), show);
 }
 #endif