diff --git a/src/shell-app.c b/src/shell-app.c
index bb3f0b171..65c0b5574 100644
--- a/src/shell-app.c
+++ b/src/shell-app.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ shell_app_request_quit (ShellApp   *app)
     {
       MetaWindow *win = iter->data;
 
-      if (meta_window_is_skip_taskbar (win))
+      if (!meta_window_can_close (win))
         continue;
 
       meta_window_delete (win, shell_global_get_current_time (shell_global_get ()));