diff --git a/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/workspaces.el b/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/workspaces.el
index 7821c19af..be87f477a 100644
--- a/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/workspaces.el
+++ b/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/workspaces.el
@@ -318,9 +318,7 @@ end of the workspace list."
                    (error "No workspace at #%s" (1+ index)))
                  (+workspace-switch dest)))
               ((stringp index)
-               (unless (member index names)
-                 (error "No workspace named %s" index))
-               (+workspace-switch index))
+               (+workspace-switch index t))
               (t
                (error "Not a valid index: %s" index)))
         (unless (called-interactively-p 'interactive)