diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientmanager.cpp
index 8452afada59..ad2e3044cc5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientmanager.cpp
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ QList<Client *> LanguageClientManager::clientsSupportingDocument(
         [doc](Client *client) { return client->isSupportedDocument(doc); });
 }
 
+void LanguageClientManager::writeSettings()
+{
+    LanguageClientSettings::toSettings(Core::ICore::settings(), managerInstance->m_currentSettings);
+}
+
 void LanguageClientManager::applySettings()
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(managerInstance, return);
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ void LanguageClientManager::applySettings()
     managerInstance->m_currentSettings
         = Utils::transform(LanguageClientSettings::pageSettings(), &BaseSettings::copy);
     const QList<BaseSettings *> restarts = LanguageClientSettings::changedSettings();
-    LanguageClientSettings::toSettings(Core::ICore::settings(), managerInstance->m_currentSettings);
+    writeSettings();
 
     for (BaseSettings *settings : restarts)
         applySettings(settings);
diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientmanager.h b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientmanager.h
index d39844e16d0..8548419093d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientmanager.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public:
 
     static void applySettings();
     static void applySettings(BaseSettings *settings);
+    static void writeSettings();
     static QList<BaseSettings *> currentSettings();
     static void registerClientSettings(BaseSettings *settings);
     static void enableClientSettings(const QString &settingsId, bool enable = true);