diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocumentlayout.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocumentlayout.cpp
index 08b3ab6d24b..21d0f78aacb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocumentlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocumentlayout.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ bool DocumentMarker::addMark(TextEditor::ITextMark *mark)
         mark->updateLineNumber(blockNumber + 1);
         QTC_CHECK(mark->lineNumber() == blockNumber + 1); // Checks that the base class is called
         mark->updateBlock(block);
+        mark->setMarkableInterface(this);
         if (!mark->visible())
             return true;
         // Update document layout
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ bool DocumentMarker::addMark(TextEditor::ITextMark *mark)
             documentLayout->requestUpdate();
         else
             documentLayout->requestExtraAreaUpdate();
-        mark->setMarkableInterface(this);
         return true;
     }
     return false;