diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 9c7cd603646..37b90868e29 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -2052,6 +2052,7 @@ bool BaseTextEditorWidget::event(QEvent *e)
             return true;
         }
         e->ignore(); // we are a really nice citizen
+        d->m_maybeFakeTooltipEvent = false;
         return true;
         break;
     default: