diff --git a/editcheck/modules/init.js b/editcheck/modules/init.js
index 164daba9f3..551cf1a0b0 100644
--- a/editcheck/modules/init.js
+++ b/editcheck/modules/init.js
@@ -156,42 +156,45 @@ if ( mw.config.get( 'wgVisualEditorConfig' ).editCheck || mw.editcheck.ecenable
 			}
 
 			saveProcess.next( () => {
-				toolbar.toggle( false );
-				target.onContainerScroll();
-				// surface.executeCommand( 'editCheckDialogBeforeSave' );
 				const windowAction = ve.ui.actionFactory.create( 'window', surface, 'check' );
-				return windowAction.open( 'editCheckDialog', { listener: 'onBeforeSave', reviewMode: true } )
-					.then( ( instance ) => instance.closing )
-					.then( ( data ) => {
-						reviewToolbar.$element.remove();
-						toolbar.toggle( true );
-						target.toolbar = toolbar;
-						if ( $contextContainer ) {
-							surface.context.popup.$container = $contextContainer;
-							surface.context.popup.containerPadding = contextPadding;
-						}
-						// Creating a new PositionedTargetToolbar stole the
-						// toolbar windowmanagers, so we need to make the
-						// original toolbar reclaim them:
-						toolbar.disconnect( target );
-						target.setupToolbar( surface );
-						target.onContainerScroll();
+				// .always is not chainable
+				return windowAction.close( 'editCheckDialog' ).closed.then( () => {}, () => {} ).then( () => {
+					toolbar.toggle( false );
+					target.onContainerScroll();
+					// surface.executeCommand( 'editCheckDialogBeforeSave' );
+					return windowAction.open( 'editCheckDialog', { listener: 'onBeforeSave', reviewMode: true } )
+						.then( ( instance ) => instance.closing )
+						.then( ( data ) => {
+							reviewToolbar.$element.remove();
+							toolbar.toggle( true );
+							target.toolbar = toolbar;
+							if ( $contextContainer ) {
+								surface.context.popup.$container = $contextContainer;
+								surface.context.popup.containerPadding = contextPadding;
+							}
+							// Creating a new PositionedTargetToolbar stole the
+							// toolbar windowmanagers, so we need to make the
+							// original toolbar reclaim them:
+							toolbar.disconnect( target );
+							target.setupToolbar( surface );
+							target.onContainerScroll();
 
-						if ( data ) {
-							const delay = ve.createDeferred();
-							// If they inserted, wait 2 seconds on desktop
-							// before showing save dialog to make sure insertions are finialized
-							setTimeout( () => {
-								ve.track( 'counter.editcheck.preSaveChecksCompleted' );
-								delay.resolve();
-							}, !OO.ui.isMobile() && data.action !== 'reject' ? 2000 : 0 );
-							return delay.promise();
-						} else {
-							// closed via "back" or otherwise
-							ve.track( 'counter.editcheck.preSaveChecksAbandoned' );
-							return ve.createDeferred().reject().promise();
-						}
-					} );
+							if ( data ) {
+								const delay = ve.createDeferred();
+								// If they inserted, wait 2 seconds on desktop
+								// before showing save dialog to make sure insertions are finialized
+								setTimeout( () => {
+									ve.track( 'counter.editcheck.preSaveChecksCompleted' );
+									delay.resolve();
+								}, !OO.ui.isMobile() && data.action !== 'reject' ? 2000 : 0 );
+								return delay.promise();
+							} else {
+								// closed via "back" or otherwise
+								ve.track( 'counter.editcheck.preSaveChecksAbandoned' );
+								return ve.createDeferred().reject().promise();
+							}
+						} );
+				} );
 			} );
 		} else {
 			// Counterpart to earlier preSaveChecksShown, for use in tracking