diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
index ad8e79f4e2..e73975f9e2 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
@@ -412,11 +412,11 @@ void QWidgetTextControlPrivate::setContent(Qt::TextFormat format, const QString
     if (!doc) {
         if (document) {
             doc = document;
-            clearDocument = false;
         } else {
             palette = QApplication::palette("QWidgetTextControl");
             doc = new QTextDocument(q);
         }
+        clearDocument = false;
         _q_documentLayoutChanged();
         cursor = QTextCursor(doc);