diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditordocument.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditordocument.cpp
index 0575e2dbbba..a5b7687a2ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditordocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditordocument.cpp
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ QmlJSEditorDocumentPrivate::QmlJSEditorDocumentPrivate(QmlJSEditorDocument *pare
             this, &QmlJSEditorDocumentPrivate::updateOutlineModel);
 
     modelManager->updateSourceFiles(Utils::FilePaths({parent->filePath()}), false);
-    settingsChanged();
 }
 
 QmlJSEditorDocumentPrivate::~QmlJSEditorDocumentPrivate()
@@ -818,6 +817,8 @@ QmlJSEditorDocument::QmlJSEditorDocument(Utils::Id id)
     setId(id);
     connect(this, &TextEditor::TextDocument::tabSettingsChanged,
             d, &Internal::QmlJSEditorDocumentPrivate::invalidateFormatterCache);
+    connect(this, &TextEditor::TextDocument::openFinishedSuccessfully,
+            d, &Internal::QmlJSEditorDocumentPrivate::settingsChanged);
     setSyntaxHighlighter(new QmlJSHighlighter(document()));
     setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); // qml files are defined to be utf-8
     setIndenter(new Internal::Indenter(document()));