diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditornew/stateseditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditornew/stateseditorview.cpp
index e005d6243db..1d96df2bc15 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditornew/stateseditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditornew/stateseditorview.cpp
@@ -714,6 +714,9 @@ void StatesEditorView::modelAttached(Model *model)
 
     resetModel();
     resetStateGroups();
+
+    emit m_statesEditorModel->activeStateGroupChanged();
+    emit m_statesEditorModel->activeStateGroupIndexChanged();
 }
 
 void StatesEditorView::modelAboutToBeDetached(Model *model)