diff --git a/include/Win_GParted.h b/include/Win_GParted.h
index 0272f3a1..742cfddf 100644
--- a/include/Win_GParted.h
+++ b/include/Win_GParted.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ private:
 	
 	void activate_undo();
 	void remove_operation( int index = -1, bool remove_all = false ) ;
+	int  partition_in_operation_queue_count( const Partition & partition ) ;
 	void activate_apply();
 
 //private variables
diff --git a/src/Win_GParted.cc b/src/Win_GParted.cc
index 3156882d..06de2c3e 100644
--- a/src/Win_GParted.cc
+++ b/src/Win_GParted.cc
@@ -2002,7 +2002,20 @@ void Win_GParted::activate_undo()
 	if ( ! operations .size() )
 		close_operationslist() ;
 }
-	
+
+int Win_GParted::partition_in_operation_queue_count( const Partition & partition )
+{
+	int operation_count = 0 ;
+
+	for ( unsigned int t = 0 ; t < operations .size() ; t++ )
+	{
+		if ( partition .get_path() == operations[ t ] ->partition_original .get_path() )
+			operation_count++ ;
+	}
+
+	return operation_count ;
+}
+
 void Win_GParted::remove_operation( int index, bool remove_all ) 
 {
 	if ( remove_all )