diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
index e753f7263d..b52c2d6038 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
@@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ void QHeaderView::resizeSection(int logical, int size)
     d->createSectionSpan(visual, visual, size, d->headerSectionResizeMode(visual));
 
     if (!updatesEnabled()) {
+        if (d->hasAutoResizeSections())
+            d->doDelayedResizeSections();
         emit sectionResized(logical, oldSize, size);
         return;
     }