diff --git a/tools/designer/src/lib/shared/qtresourcemodel.cpp b/tools/designer/src/lib/shared/qtresourcemodel.cpp
index 709f389..18716d2 100644
--- a/tools/designer/src/lib/shared/qtresourcemodel.cpp
+++ b/tools/designer/src/lib/shared/qtresourcemodel.cpp
@@ -428,8 +428,10 @@ void QtResourceModelPrivate::removeOldPaths(QtResourceSet *resourceSet, const QS

 void QtResourceModelPrivate::setWatcherEnabled(const QString &path, bool enable)
 {
-    m_fileWatcher->removePath(path);
-
+    static bool foo = false;
+    if (foo)
+        m_fileWatcher->removePath(path);
+    foo = true;
     if (!enable)
         return;