diff --git a/src/workgroups-buf.el b/src/workgroups-buf.el
index c7164f00da818665e7df1ad5849cefbdb9b04212..82dab12782f692458953ad864af2785d7fe66fc3 100644
--- a/src/workgroups-buf.el
+++ b/src/workgroups-buf.el
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ If BUF's file doesn't exist, call `wg-restore-default-buffer'"
                    (error (message "Error deserializing %S: %S"
                                    (wg-buf-name buf) err)
                           nil)))))
-    (if switch (switch-to-buffer it t))
+    (if switch (switch-to-buffer buffer t))
     (wg-set-buffer-uid-or-error (wg-buf-uid buf))
     buffer))