diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
index 2cdb03208c4..09eb596662d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ void FolderNode::setFolderNodes(const QList<FolderNode *> &folders)
         node->setParentFolderNode(this);
 }
 
+void FolderNode::makeEmpty()
+{
+    setFolderNodes({});
+    setFileNodes({});
+}
+
 bool FolderNode::showInSimpleTree() const
 {
     return false;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
index 092e842453f..6016a5e20e2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ void QbsGroupNode::setupFolder(ProjectExplorer::FolderNode *root,
             }
 
             if (isQrcFile)
-                static_cast<ResourceTopLevelNode *>(fn)->update();
+                static_cast<ResourceTopLevelNode *>(fn)->addInternalNodes();
             else
                 setupFolder(fn, fileTypeHash, c, c->path(), generated);
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
index d3b00a8b5ff..8438741c5e8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ struct InternalNode
                 // If the cumulative evaluation botched the file too much, try the exact one.
                 if (contents.isEmpty())
                     vfs->readVirtualFile(file.toString(), QMakeVfs::VfsExact, &contents);
-                folder->addFolderNode(new ResourceEditor::ResourceTopLevelNode(file, contents, folder));
+                auto resourceNode = new ResourceEditor::ResourceTopLevelNode(file, contents, folder);
+                folder->addFolderNode(resourceNode);
+                resourceNode->addInternalNodes();
             }
         } else {
             for (const FileName &file : files)
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
index 7bcc2d6c0f3..dad9bad0232 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ ResourceTopLevelNode::~ResourceTopLevelNode()
     delete m_document;
 }
 
-void ResourceTopLevelNode::update()
+void ResourceTopLevelNode::addInternalNodes()
 {
     QMap<PrefixFolderLang, QList<ProjectExplorer::FileNode *>> filesToAdd;
     QMap<PrefixFolderLang, QList<ProjectExplorer::FolderNode *>> foldersToAddToFolders;
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ bool ResourceFileWatcher::reload(QString *errorString, ReloadFlag flag, ChangeTy
     Q_UNUSED(flag)
     if (type == TypePermissions)
         return true;
-    m_node->update();
+    m_node->makeEmpty();
+    m_node->addInternalNodes();
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
index 1ea628e3939..770b7edeb3a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class RESOURCE_EXPORT ResourceTopLevelNode : public ProjectExplorer::FolderNode
 public:
     ResourceTopLevelNode(const Utils::FileName &filePath, const QString &contents, FolderNode *parent);
     ~ResourceTopLevelNode() override;
-    void update();
+    void addInternalNodes();
 
     QString addFileFilter() const override;