Index: qabstractitemview.cpp
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--- qabstractitemview.cpp	(revision 19)
+++ qabstractitemview.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -1805,9 +1805,6 @@
             command |= d->ctrlDragSelectionFlag;
         }
 
-        // Do the normalize ourselves, since QRect::normalized() is flawed
-        QRect selectionRect = QRect(topLeft, bottomRight);
-        setSelection(selectionRect, command);
 
         // set at the end because it might scroll the view
         if (index.isValid()
@@ -1814,6 +1811,11 @@
             && (index != d->selectionModel->currentIndex())
             && d->isIndexEnabled(index))
             d->selectionModel->setCurrentIndex(index, QItemSelectionModel::NoUpdate);
+
+        // Do the normalize ourselves, since QRect::normalized() is flawed
+        QRect selectionRect = QRect(topLeft, bottomRight);
+        setSelection(selectionRect, command);
+
     }
 }