1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
index edef2e9bf8..b0359de3ea 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
@@ -2205,6 +2205,30 @@ void QHeaderViewPrivate::_q_sectionsChanged()
         return;
     }
 
+    bool hasPersistantIndexes = false;
+    for (const auto &item : oldPersistentSections) {
+        if (item.index.isValid()) {
+            hasPersistantIndexes = true;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Though far from perfect we here try to retain earlier/existing behavior
+    // ### See QHeaderViewPrivate::_q_layoutAboutToBeChanged()
+    // When we don't have valid hasPersistantIndexes it can be due to
+    // - all sections are default sections
+    // - the row/column 0 which is used for persistent indexes is gone
+    // - all non-default sections were removed
+    // case one is trivial, in case two we assume nothing else changed (it's the best
+    // guess we can do - everything else can not be handled correctly for now)
+    // case three can not be handled correctly with layoutChanged - removeSections
+    // should be used instead for this
+    if (!hasPersistantIndexes) {
+        if (oldCount != newCount)
+            q->initializeSections();
+        return;
+    }
+
     // adjust section size
     if (newCount != oldCount) {
         const int min = qBound(0, oldCount, newCount - 1);