diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
index f5289fb77842696d3c9f4a2c10f14838087b5ddd..96cdcc5adad3dc6d9e30237678b1c2839b6049b5 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { IViewletService } from 'vs/workbench/services/viewlet/browser/viewlet';
 import { IContextKeyService, IContextKeyChangeEvent, IReadableSet, IContextKey, RawContextKey, ContextKeyExpr } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/common/contextkey';
 import { Event, chain, filterEvent, Emitter } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { sortedDiff, firstIndex, move } from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
-import { IWorkspaceContextService, WorkbenchState } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
+import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { isUndefinedOrNull } from 'vs/base/common/types';
 import { MenuId, MenuRegistry, ICommandAction } from 'vs/platform/actions/common/actions';
 import { CommandsRegistry } from 'vs/platform/commands/common/commands';
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ export class PersistentContributableViewsModel extends ContributableViewsModel {
 
 	private static loadViewsStates(viewletStateStorageId: string, hiddenViewsStorageId: string, storageService: IStorageService, contextService: IWorkspaceContextService): Map<string, IViewState> {
 		const viewStates = new Map<string, IViewState>();
-		const storedViewsStates = JSON.parse(storageService.get(viewletStateStorageId, contextService.getWorkbenchState() !== WorkbenchState.EMPTY ? StorageScope.WORKSPACE : StorageScope.GLOBAL, '{}'));
+		const storedViewsStates = JSON.parse(storageService.get(viewletStateStorageId, StorageScope.WORKSPACE, '{}'));
 		const viewsVisibilityStates = PersistentContributableViewsModel.loadViewsVisibilityState(hiddenViewsStorageId, storageService, contextService);
 		for (const { id, isHidden } of values(viewsVisibilityStates)) {
 			const viewState = storedViewsStates[id];