diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
index 8221bb5e40b..bac863f2f64 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
@@ -1288,6 +1288,7 @@ void AndroidConfigurations::updateAutomaticKitList()
             debugger.setUnexpandedDisplayName(tr("Android Debugger for %1").arg(tc->displayName()));
             debugger.setAutoDetected(true);
             debugger.setAbi(tc->targetAbi());
+            debugger.reinitializeFromFile();
             QVariant id = Debugger::DebuggerItemManager::registerDebugger(debugger);
             Debugger::DebuggerKitInformation::setDebugger(k, id);
         }
@@ -1334,6 +1335,7 @@ void AndroidConfigurations::updateAutomaticKitList()
             debugger.setUnexpandedDisplayName(tr("Android Debugger for %1").arg(tc->displayName()));
             debugger.setAutoDetected(true);
             debugger.setAbi(tc->targetAbi());
+            debugger.reinitializeFromFile();
             QVariant id = Debugger::DebuggerItemManager::registerDebugger(debugger);
             Debugger::DebuggerKitInformation::setDebugger(newKit, id);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.h b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.h
index 2e0e6ea5af0..dea0a30ff6d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.h
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ public:
     bool operator==(const DebuggerItem &other) const;
     bool operator!=(const DebuggerItem &other) const { return !operator==(other); }
 
+    void reinitializeFromFile();
+
 private:
     DebuggerItem(const QVariant &id);
-    void reinitializeFromFile();
     void initMacroExpander();
 
     QVariant m_id;