diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_linux_FileChooser.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_linux_FileChooser.cpp
index d50092c40f..8ac190b535 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_linux_FileChooser.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_linux_FileChooser.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ static void addKDialogArgs (StringArray& args, String& separator,
     if (title.isNotEmpty())
         args.add ("--title=" + title);
 
+    if (uint64 topWindowID = getTopWindowID())
+    {
+        args.add ("--attach");
+        args.add (String (topWindowID));
+    }
+
     if (selectMultipleFiles)
     {
         separator = "\n";
@@ -79,12 +85,6 @@ static void addKDialogArgs (StringArray& args, String& separator,
         else                    args.add ("--getopenfilename");
     }
 
-    if (uint64 topWindowID = getTopWindowID())
-    {
-        args.add ("--attach");
-        args.add (String (topWindowID));
-    }
-
     File startPath;
 
     if (file.exists())