Doesn't render window on start when a recent file was on unreachable network share

I used Gedit to edit a file on a network share. Now when I attempt to start Gedit while having no access to this network share, Gedit doesn't render anything in the window. So I see no menu, no toolbar, no tabs, just the default window background.

Steps to reproduce:
1) open a file from CIFS share in Gedit
2) close Gedit
3) disable network
4) try to start Gedit

I see this problem in Gedit 3.10.4 on Ubuntu 15.04

I have reported that issue upstream (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751274) and apparently Ubuntu uses a very old Gedit that has "recent files" feature that causes the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: gedit 3.10.4-0ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-21.21-generic 3.19.8
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Jun 21 12:55:01 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-10 (42 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)