diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp
index 3831d1a0791..e8114c709c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp
@@ -866,6 +866,10 @@ void FileManager::checkForReload()
             changedIFiles.insert(file);
     }
 
+    // clean up. do this before we may enter the main loop, otherwise we would
+    // lose consecutive notifications.
+    d->m_changedFiles.clear();
+
     // collect information about "expected" file names
     // we can't do the "resolving" already in expectFileChange, because
     // if the resolved names are different when unexpectFileChange is called
@@ -1006,9 +1010,6 @@ void FileManager::checkForReload()
         d->m_blockedIFile = 0;
     }
 
-    // clean up
-    d->m_changedFiles.clear();
-
     // handle deleted files
     EditorManager::instance()->closeEditors(editorsToClose, false);
     QMapIterator<IFile *, QString> it(filesToSave);