diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp b/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
index 3408e08194f..bb180467e5b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ void Client::closeDocument(TextEditor::TextDocument *document)
 {
     deactivateDocument(document);
     d->m_postponedDocuments.remove(document);
+    d->m_documentsToUpdate.erase(document);
     if (d->m_openedDocument.remove(document) != 0) {
         handleDocumentClosed(document);
         if (d->m_state == Initialized)