diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py b/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
index 3ebfed6743..07b05afdc3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ class JobsDialog(QDialog, Ui_JobsDialog):
     def kill_job(self, *args):
         rows = [index.row() for index in
                 self.jobs_view.selectionModel().selectedRows()]
-        return error_dialog(self, _('No job'),
+        if not rows:
+            return error_dialog(self, _('No job'),
                 _('No job selected'), show=True)
         if question_dialog(self, _('Are you sure?'),
                 ngettext('Do you really want to stop the selected job?',