diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
index 100c230be43..ad4b1dde3be 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <QSharedData>
 #include <QProcessEnvironment>
 #include <QTextCodec>
+#include <QTimer>
 
 using namespace Core;
 using namespace Utils;
@@ -308,8 +309,10 @@ void StateListener::slotStateChanged()
         state.clearPatchFile(); // Need a repository to patch
 
     qCDebug(stateLog).noquote() << "VC:" << (vc ? vc->displayName() : QString("None")) << state;
-    EditorManager::updateWindowTitles();
-    emit stateChanged(state, vc);
+    QTimer::singleShot(500, this, [this, state, vc] {
+        EditorManager::updateWindowTitles();
+        emit stateChanged(state, vc);
+    });
 }
 
 } // namespace Internal