diff --git a/Nasal/gui.nas b/Nasal/gui.nas
index 67b1f94a9..2866f8491 100644
--- a/Nasal/gui.nas
+++ b/Nasal/gui.nas
@@ -196,26 +196,23 @@ Dialog = {
     },
 };
 
+
 ##
 # Open property browser with given target path.
 #
 property_browser = func(dir = "/") {
     var dlgname = "property-browser";
-    var need_create = 1;
     foreach (var module; keys(globals)) {
         if (find("__dlg:" ~ dlgname, module) == 0) {
             globals[module].clone(dir);
-	    need_create = 0;
+            return;
         }
     }
-    if(need_create) {
-	setprop("/sim/gui/dialogs/" ~ dlgname ~ "/last", dir);
-	fgcommand("dialog-show", props.Node.new({"dialog-name": dlgname}));
-    }
+    setprop("/sim/gui/dialogs/" ~ dlgname ~ "/last", dir);
+    fgcommand("dialog-show", props.Node.new({"dialog-name": dlgname}));
 }
 
 
-
 ##
 # Open one property browser per /browser[] property, where each contains
 # the target path. On the command line use  --prop:browser=orientation