diff -r e871a07c0ce0 -r 9dbe1b043bea skins/AknSkins/srvsrc/AknsSrv.cpp
--- a/skins/AknSkins/srvsrc/AknsSrv.cpp	Thu Jul 15 19:48:07 2010 +0300
+++ b/skins/AknSkins/srvsrc/AknsSrv.cpp	Thu Aug 19 10:53:51 2010 +0300
@@ -2793,9 +2793,11 @@
             }
             
         SetActiveSkinContent( iOldSkin  );
-        iSettings->WriteSkinSettings(iOldSkin, ETrue);
+        if ( MergeAndBroadcast() == KErrNone )
+            {
+            iSettings->WriteSkinSettings(iOldSkin, ETrue);
+            }
         iOldSkin = KAknsNullPkgID;
-        MergeAndBroadcast();
         return; // if skin was on mmc, the wallpaper is handled aswell
         }
     // skin was not on mmc, but wp was