diff --git a/src/emoticon/emoticonlistwidgetselector.cpp b/src/emoticon/emoticonlistwidgetselector.cpp
index f1fb8b390624e7ba6cda964d5d54120fe71778b2..cab3502ef28cd970c3a7f6512d25b696092867e3 100644
--- a/src/emoticon/emoticonlistwidgetselector.cpp
+++ b/src/emoticon/emoticonlistwidgetselector.cpp
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@
 using namespace KPIMTextEdit;
 
 EmoticonTextEditItem::EmoticonTextEditItem(const QString &emoticonText, QListWidget *parent)
-    : QListWidgetItem(parent)
+    : QListWidgetItem(mText, parent)
     , mText(emoticonText)
 {
-    setText(mText);
 }
 
 QString EmoticonTextEditItem::text() const