diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
index 4dd0c18b7cb..3ae9dec488a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ void ProjectNode::removeProjectNodes(const QList<ProjectNode*> &subProjects)
             toRemove << projectNode;
         Utils::sort(toRemove);
 
-        ProjectTree::instance()->foldersAboutToBeRemoved(this, toRemove);
+        ProjectTree::instance()->emitFoldersAboutToBeRemoved(this, toRemove);
 
         QList<FolderNode*>::const_iterator toRemoveIter = toRemove.constBegin();
         QList<FolderNode*>::iterator folderIter = m_subFolderNodes.begin();