diff --git a/widgets/webview.cpp b/widgets/webview.cpp
index bca86c35c..35b854b41 100644
--- a/widgets/webview.cpp
+++ b/widgets/webview.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public:
 
     void loadingFinished(bool success);
     void dragTimeoutExpired();
+    void delayedViewSync();
 
     WebView *q;
     AnimableGraphicsWebView *webView;
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ QVariant WebView::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant &value)
         //FIXME: QWebPage _requires_ a QWidget view to not crash in places such as 
         // WebCore::PopupMenu::show() due to hostWindow()->platformPageClient() == NULL
         // because QWebPage::d->client is NULL
-        d->webView->page()->setView(viewFor(this));
+        QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(delayedViewSync()));
     }
     return QGraphicsWidget::itemChange(change, value);
 }
@@ -291,6 +292,11 @@ void WebViewPrivate::loadingFinished(bool success)
     q->update();
 }
 
+void WebViewPrivate::delayedViewSync()
+{
+    webView->page()->setView(viewFor(q));
+}
+
 } // namespace Plasma
 
 #include "webview.moc"
diff --git a/widgets/webview.h b/widgets/webview.h
index 293330390..547e9fbb6 100644
--- a/widgets/webview.h
+++ b/widgets/webview.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT WebView : public QGraphicsWidget
 
     private:
         Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void loadingFinished(bool success))
+        Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void delayedViewSync())
 
         WebViewPrivate * const d;
         friend class WebViewPrivate;