diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorwidget.cpp
index dee2e864013..b6b301b855a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorwidget.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void StatesEditorWidget::toggleStatesViewExpanded()
 
 void StatesEditorWidget::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(event)
+    QQuickWidget::showEvent(event);
     update();
 }