diff --git a/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.cpp b/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.cpp
index 1c8dc410b..7b9d3ea98 100644
--- a/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.cpp
+++ b/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.cpp
@@ -480,6 +480,22 @@ void FileElementCollectionItem::setUpIcon()
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+	@brief FileElementCollectionItem::clearData
+	Reset the data, and let setUpIcon() build the icon again.
+	Without this the guard in setUpIcon() keeps the icon cleared here
+	empty until the whole collection is reloaded, e.g. after an element
+	is saved from the element editor (see locationWasSaved()).
+*/
+void FileElementCollectionItem::clearData()
+{
+		// Reset the flag only after the base class has cleared the icon:
+		// its setIcon() emits dataChanged(), which re-enters setUpIcon(),
+		// and that call must still see the flag set and return early.
+	ElementCollectionItem::clearData();
+	m_icon_initialized = false;
+}
+
 /**
 	@brief FileElementCollectionItem::setPathName
 	Set the name of this item in the file system path.
diff --git a/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.h b/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.h
index 6cb78aa08..68cc6d5ba 100644
--- a/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.h
+++ b/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class FileElementCollectionItem : public ElementCollectionItem
 
 		void setUpData() override;
 		void setUpIcon() override;
+		void clearData() override;
 
 	private:
 		void setPathName(const QString& path_name,