diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/assetsLibraryQmlSources/AssetsView.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/assetsLibraryQmlSources/AssetsView.qml
index ed755b35db4..c273424349f 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/assetsLibraryQmlSources/AssetsView.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/assetsLibraryQmlSources/AssetsView.qml
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ TreeView {
             // view: make sure we will do an "expand all" (otherwise, the whole tree might
             // be collapsed, and with our visible root not being the actual root of the tree,
             // the entire tree would be invisible)
-            root.lastRowCount = -1
-            root.requestedExpandAll = true
+            root.reset()
         }
 
         function onFileChanged(filePath)
@@ -154,6 +153,17 @@ TreeView {
 
     } // Connections
 
+    // Resets everything to its default state before reusing the widget
+    function reset()
+    {
+        root.lastRowCount = -1
+        root.rootPathDepth = 0
+        root.rootPathRow = 0
+        root.requestedExpandAll = true
+        // Attempt to force reload
+        updateRowsTimer.restart()
+    }
+
     function addCreatedFolder(path)
     {
         root.__createdDirectories.push(path)