diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
index 5d72a7b909..00e4567472 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -2188,12 +2188,12 @@ int QFontDatabasePrivate::addAppFont(const QByteArray &fontData, const QString &
 
     applicationFonts[i] = font;
 
-    emit qApp->fontDatabaseChanged();
-
     // The font cache may have cached lookups for the font that was now
     // loaded, so it has to be flushed.
     QFontCache::instance()->clear();
 
+    emit qApp->fontDatabaseChanged();
+
     return i;
 }