diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
index 0f9e23eae4..810479d3bd 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ using namespace BPrivate;
 
 
 const float kLineViewWidth = 30.0;
+const char* kInfoAttributeName = "StyledEdit-info";
 
-#define ATTRNAME_SE_INFO "se-info"
 
 #undef TR_CONTEXT
 #define TR_CONTEXT "StyledEditWindow"
@@ -348,9 +348,6 @@ StyledEditWindow::InitWindow(uint32 encoding)
 void
 StyledEditWindow::LoadAttrs()
 {
-	if (!fSaveMessage)
-		return;
-
 	entry_ref dir;
 	const char* name;
 	if (fSaveMessage->FindRef("directory", &dir) != B_OK
@@ -365,7 +362,7 @@ StyledEditWindow::LoadAttrs()
 		return;
 
 	BRect newFrame;
-	ssize_t bytesRead = documentNode.ReadAttr(ATTRNAME_SE_INFO, B_RECT_TYPE,
+	ssize_t bytesRead = documentNode.ReadAttr(kInfoAttributeName, B_RECT_TYPE,
 		0, &newFrame, sizeof(BRect));
 	if (bytesRead != sizeof(BRect))
 		return;
@@ -404,7 +401,7 @@ StyledEditWindow::SaveAttrs()
 	BRect frame(Frame());
 	swap_data(B_RECT_TYPE, &frame, sizeof(BRect), B_SWAP_HOST_TO_BENDIAN);
 
-	documentNode.WriteAttr(ATTRNAME_SE_INFO, B_RECT_TYPE, 0, &frame,
+	documentNode.WriteAttr(kInfoAttributeName, B_RECT_TYPE, 0, &frame,
 		sizeof(BRect));
 }