diff --git a/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee b/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
index 3e9ec8fa1..43c89cec0 100644
--- a/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ describe "RootView", ->
       fs.write(file2, "file2")
       rootView.open(file1)
 
-      editor1 = rootView.getActiveEditor()
+      editor1 = rootView.getActiveView()
       buffer1 = editor1.activeEditSession.buffer
       expect(buffer1.getText()).toBe("file1")
       expect(buffer1.isModified()).toBe(false)
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 6b3912414..d2ece3c63 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -786,16 +786,16 @@ class Editor extends View
     @requestDisplayUpdate()
 
   splitLeft: (editSession) ->
-    @pane()?.splitLeft()
+    @pane()?.splitLeft().currentView
 
   splitRight: (editSession) ->
-    @pane()?.splitRight()
+    @pane()?.splitRight().currentView
 
   splitUp: (editSession) ->
-    @pane()?.splitUp()
+    @pane()?.splitUp().currentView
 
   splitDown: (editSession) ->
-    @pane()?.splitDown()
+    @pane()?.splitDown().currentView
 
   pane: ->
     @closest('.pane').view()