diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
index df106d5d224..37a0b4c9218 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
@@ -607,8 +607,10 @@ void BuildDirManager::maybeForceReparse()
     const QByteArray EXTRA_GENERATOR_KEY = "CMAKE_EXTRA_GENERATOR";
     const QByteArray CMAKE_COMMAND_KEY = "CMAKE_COMMAND";
 
-    if (!m_hasData)
+    if (!m_hasData) {
+        forceReparse();
         return;
+    }
 
     const CMakeConfig currentConfig = parsedConfiguration();