diff --git a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyEditor.cpp b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyEditor.cpp
index 6daf4f734a..264c553e11 100644
--- a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyEditor.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ void PropertyEditor::onItemActivated ( const QModelIndex & index )
 
 void PropertyEditor::closeEditor (QWidget * editor, QAbstractItemDelegate::EndEditHint hint)
 {
+    QTreeView::closeEditor(editor, hint);
+
     if (autoupdate) {
         App::Document* doc = App::GetApplication().getActiveDocument();
         if (doc) {
@@ -249,8 +251,6 @@ void PropertyEditor::closeEditor (QWidget * editor, QAbstractItemDelegate::EndEd
     QModelIndex indexSaved = currentIndex();
     FC_LOG("index saved " << indexSaved.row() << ", " << indexSaved.column());
 
-    QTreeView::closeEditor(editor, hint);
-
     QModelIndex lastIndex;
     while(this->state()!=EditingState) {
         QModelIndex index;