diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/datamodel.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/core/datamodel.cpp
index 1ad768d03..8bdfd1743 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/datamodel.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/datamodel.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ void SortFilterModel::setFilterString(const QString &filterString)
     if (filterString == m_filterString) {
         return;
     }
+    m_filterString = filterString;
     QSortFilterProxyModel::setFilterFixedString(filterString);
     filterStringChanged(filterString);
 }