diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.cpp
index ed0df6e10d1..123c832471e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.cpp
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ void VariableTreeView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *ev)
 
 void VariableTreeView::currentChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex &previous)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(previous);
     m_target->updateDescription(current);
+    QTreeView::currentChanged(current, previous);
 }
 
 VariableChooserPrivate::VariableChooserPrivate(VariableChooser *parent)