diff --git a/src/app/valentina/dialogs/dialogsavelayout.cpp b/src/app/valentina/dialogs/dialogsavelayout.cpp
index 6faed5795..c6300a2f3 100644
--- a/src/app/valentina/dialogs/dialogsavelayout.cpp
+++ b/src/app/valentina/dialogs/dialogsavelayout.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ bool DialogSaveLayout::TestPdf()
 #else
     proc.start(PDFTOPS); // Seek pdftops in standard path
 #endif
-    if (proc.waitForFinished(15000) || proc.state() == QProcess::NotRunning)
+    if (proc.waitForStarted(15000) && (proc.waitForFinished(15000) || proc.state() == QProcess::NotRunning))
     {
         res = true;
     }
diff --git a/src/app/valentina/mainwindowsnogui.cpp b/src/app/valentina/mainwindowsnogui.cpp
index d02b112fe..2a44100e6 100644
--- a/src/app/valentina/mainwindowsnogui.cpp
+++ b/src/app/valentina/mainwindowsnogui.cpp
@@ -740,7 +740,10 @@ void MainWindowsNoGUI::PdfToPs(const QStringList &params) const
 #endif
     QProcess proc;
     proc.start(PDFTOPS, params);
-    proc.waitForFinished(15000);
+    if (proc.waitForStarted(15000))
+    {
+        proc.waitForFinished(15000);
+    }
 #ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
     QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
 #endif