diff --git a/src/app/qgsnewspatialitelayerdialog.cpp b/src/app/qgsnewspatialitelayerdialog.cpp
index fa559cf5af57..a0954393e150 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsnewspatialitelayerdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsnewspatialitelayerdialog.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ void QgsNewSpatialiteLayerDialog::on_pbnFindSRID_clicked()
   QgsGenericProjectionSelector *mySelector = new QgsGenericProjectionSelector( this );
   mySelector->setMessage();
   mySelector->setOgcWmsCrsFilter( myCRSs );
+  mySelector->setSelectedCrsId( mCrsId );
 
   if ( mySelector->exec() )
   {
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.cpp b/src/gui/qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.cpp
index 70373693e930..5939168df9ef 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void QgsNewVectorLayerDialog::on_pbnChangeSpatialRefSys_clicked()
 {
   QgsGenericProjectionSelector *mySelector = new QgsGenericProjectionSelector( this );
   mySelector->setMessage();
-  mySelector->setSelectedCrsId( pbnChangeSpatialRefSys->text().toInt() );
+  mySelector->setSelectedCrsId( mCrsId );
   if ( mySelector->exec() )
   {
     QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem srs;