diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qtableview.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
index e494ee5564..59a3d15a62 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
@@ -1101,6 +1101,21 @@ void QTableView::setRootIndex(const QModelIndex &index)
     QAbstractItemView::setRootIndex(index);
 }
 
+/*!
+  \reimp
+*/
+void QTableView::doItemsLayout()
+{
+    Q_D(QTableView);
+    QAbstractItemView::doItemsLayout();
+    if (verticalScrollMode() == QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerItem)
+        d->verticalHeader->setOffsetToSectionPosition(verticalScrollBar()->value());
+    else
+        d->verticalHeader->setOffset(verticalScrollBar()->value());
+    if (!d->verticalHeader->updatesEnabled())
+        d->verticalHeader->setUpdatesEnabled(true);
+}
+
 /*!
   \reimp
 */
@@ -1975,9 +1990,13 @@ QModelIndexList QTableView::selectedIndexes() const
     previous number of rows is specified by \a oldCount, and the new
     number of rows is specified by \a newCount.
 */
-void QTableView::rowCountChanged(int /*oldCount*/, int /*newCount*/ )
+void QTableView::rowCountChanged(int oldCount, int newCount )
 {
     Q_D(QTableView);
+    //when removing rows, we need to disable updates for the header until the geometries have been
+    //updated and the offset has been adjusted, or we risk calling paintSection for all the sections
+    if (newCount < oldCount)
+        d->verticalHeader->setUpdatesEnabled(false);
     d->doDelayedItemsLayout();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qtableview.h b/src/gui/itemviews/qtableview.h
index d4be0868c0..7ab9d0817c 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qtableview.h
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qtableview.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public:
     void setModel(QAbstractItemModel *model);
     void setRootIndex(const QModelIndex &index);
     void setSelectionModel(QItemSelectionModel *selectionModel);
+    void doItemsLayout();
 
     QHeaderView *horizontalHeader() const;
     QHeaderView *verticalHeader() const;