diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
index 44c95d5d055..4862ae41491 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ void GitSubmitEditor::setCommitData(const CommitData &d)
     m_amendSHA1 = d.amendSHA1;
 
     GitSubmitEditorWidget *w = submitEditorWidget();
-    w->initialize(m_commitType, m_workingDirectory);
-    w->setPanelData(d.panelData);
-    w->setPanelInfo(d.panelInfo);
+    w->initialize(m_commitType, m_workingDirectory, d.panelData, d.panelInfo);
     w->setHasUnmerged(false);
 
     setEmptyFileListEnabled(m_commitType == AmendCommit); // Allow for just correcting the message
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.cpp
index 9e94200674b..98dec3c9d3d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ void GitSubmitEditorWidget::setHasUnmerged(bool e)
     m_hasUnmerged = e;
 }
 
-void GitSubmitEditorWidget::initialize(CommitType commitType, const QString &repository)
+void GitSubmitEditorWidget::initialize(CommitType commitType,
+                                       const QString &repository,
+                                       const GitSubmitEditorPanelData &data,
+                                       const GitSubmitEditorPanelInfo &info)
 {
     if (m_isInitialized)
         return;
@@ -100,6 +103,8 @@ void GitSubmitEditorWidget::initialize(CommitType commitType, const QString &rep
         hideDescription();
     }
     insertTopWidget(m_gitSubmitPanel);
+    setPanelData(data);
+    setPanelInfo(info);
 }
 
 void GitSubmitEditorWidget::refreshLog(const QString &repository)
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.h b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.h
index 36f80b52302..61c9886444f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.h
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ public:
     explicit GitSubmitEditorWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
 
     GitSubmitEditorPanelData panelData() const;
-    void setPanelData(const GitSubmitEditorPanelData &data);
-    void setPanelInfo(const GitSubmitEditorPanelInfo &info);
     QString amendSHA1() const;
     void setHasUnmerged(bool e);
-    void initialize(CommitType commitType, const QString &repository);
+    void initialize(CommitType commitType,
+                    const QString &repository,
+                    const GitSubmitEditorPanelData &data,
+                    const GitSubmitEditorPanelInfo &info);
     void refreshLog(const QString &repository);
 
 protected:
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ private slots:
 
 private:
     bool emailIsValid() const;
+    void setPanelData(const GitSubmitEditorPanelData &data);
+    void setPanelInfo(const GitSubmitEditorPanelInfo &info);
 
     QWidget *m_gitSubmitPanel;
     LogChangeWidget *m_logChangeWidget;