diff --git a/sources/genericpanel.cpp b/sources/genericpanel.cpp
index dd4874d49..c5261df90 100644
--- a/sources/genericpanel.cpp
+++ b/sources/genericpanel.cpp
@@ -696,7 +696,13 @@ QTreeWidgetItem *GenericPanel::updateItem(QTreeWidgetItem *qtwi,
 					  bool freshly_created) {
 	Q_UNUSED(options);
 	Q_UNUSED(freshly_created);
-	QApplication::processEvents();
+		//No QApplication::processEvents() here. It dates from when this
+		//panel also listed the whole element collection, to keep the
+		//window alive while that reloaded; the collection has its own
+		//panel now. Running the event loop from inside the panel's own
+		//methods let a pending deleteLater() destroy the panel while
+		//addProject() was still using it: closing QElectroTech without
+		//saving an edited project read freed memory.
 	return(qtwi);
 }