diff --git a/widgets/textbrowser.cpp b/widgets/textbrowser.cpp
index b49822a02..a7c2d9d7e 100644
--- a/widgets/textbrowser.cpp
+++ b/widgets/textbrowser.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ TextBrowser::TextBrowser(QGraphicsWidget *parent)
     native->setWindowFlags(native->windowFlags()|Qt::BypassGraphicsProxyWidget);
     connect(native, SIGNAL(textChanged()), this, SIGNAL(textChanged()));
     connect(native, SIGNAL(textChanged()), this, SLOT(setFixedHeight()));
+    native->setWindowIcon(QIcon());
     setWidget(native);
     d->native = native;
     native->setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoSystemBackground);
diff --git a/widgets/textedit.cpp b/widgets/textedit.cpp
index bd23fb72d..4c2e701da 100644
--- a/widgets/textedit.cpp
+++ b/widgets/textedit.cpp
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ void TextEdit::setNativeWidget(KTextEdit *nativeWidget)
 
     connect(nativeWidget, SIGNAL(textChanged()), this, SIGNAL(textChanged()));
 
-    setWidget(nativeWidget);
     nativeWidget->setWindowIcon(QIcon());
+    setWidget(nativeWidget);
 
     nativeWidget->setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoSystemBackground);
     nativeWidget->setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);