diff --git a/sources/qetapp.cpp b/sources/qetapp.cpp
index d8e625d4d..4f334c676 100644
--- a/sources/qetapp.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetapp.cpp
@@ -2660,14 +2660,28 @@ void QETApp::checkBackupFiles()
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (stale_files.isEmpty()) {
-		// Only offer an unretrieved crash dump when there's no project
-		// to recover this run -- discussion #644 step 5 is explicit
-		// that the two prompts must never both show at once.
-		checkCrashDump();
-		return;
+	if (!stale_files.isEmpty()) {
+		offerBackupFiles(stale_files);
 	}
 
+	// Discussion #644 step 5 asks that the recovery prompt and the crash
+	// report never show at the same time -- not that the report be dropped
+	// whenever there is something to recover. Offering it here, once the
+	// recovery prompt has been answered, keeps the two sequential without
+	// losing the report after the most common crash there is: one with a
+	// project open, which always leaves a stale file behind, so the report
+	// was unreachable in exactly the case it is most wanted (issue #901).
+	checkCrashDump();
+}
+
+/**
+	@brief QETApp::offerBackupFiles
+	Ask whether to reopen the recovery files left by a previous run, and
+	open or discard them accordingly.
+	@param stale_files : the recovery files to offer
+*/
+void QETApp::offerBackupFiles(const QList<KAutoSaveFile *> &stale_files)
+{
 	QString text;
 	if(stale_files.size() == 1) {
 		text.append(tr("<b>Le fichier de restauration suivant a été trouvé,<br>"
diff --git a/sources/qetapp.h b/sources/qetapp.h
index ee793ecb6..7d0e5e7ee 100644
--- a/sources/qetapp.h
+++ b/sources/qetapp.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class QSplashScreen;
 class QMenu;
 class QAction;
 class QMainWindow;
+class KAutoSaveFile;
 
 #define QETAPP_COMMON_TBT_PROTOCOL "commontbt"
 #define QETAPP_COMPANY_TBT_PROTOCOL "companytbt"
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ class QETApp : public QObject
 		void initSystemTray();
 		void buildSystemTrayMenu();
 		void checkBackupFiles();
+		void offerBackupFiles(const QList<KAutoSaveFile *> &stale_files);
 		void checkCrashDump();
 		void fetchWindowStats(
 			const QList<QETDiagramEditor *> &,