diff --git a/src/state-store.js b/src/state-store.js
index fe45bc086..2269500c7 100644
--- a/src/state-store.js
+++ b/src/state-store.js
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ class StateStore {
         db.createObjectStore('states')
       }
       dbOpenRequest.onsuccess = () => {
+        this.isConnected = true
         resolve(dbOpenRequest.result)
       }
       dbOpenRequest.onerror = (error) => {
         console.error('Could not connect to indexedDB', error)
+        this.isConnected = false
         resolve(null)
       }
     })
diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index 821322e22..464e88944 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
   # Determine whether the user should be prompted to save before closing
   # this editor.
   shouldPromptToSave: ({windowCloseRequested, projectHasPaths}={}) ->
-    if windowCloseRequested and projectHasPaths
+    if windowCloseRequested and projectHasPaths and atom.stateStore.isConnected
       false
     else
       @isModified() and not @buffer.hasMultipleEditors()