diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
index b39eec3c4270d0e09755bd88fe0996c37bd5fb2f..5ec720ff10de4cd103841806509855abc43477d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
@@ -1015,6 +1015,8 @@ void QmlJSTextEditorWidget::showTextMarker()
 
 void QmlJSTextEditorWidget::updateUses()
 {
+    if (m_semanticHighlighter->startRevision() != editorRevision())
+        m_semanticHighlighter->cancel();
     m_updateUsesTimer->start();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljssemantichighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljssemantichighlighter.cpp
index c45fe9d514b25694b1986cfcdfb46e2a61bb1c68..dab142f85c83b6c1762a0400002d5bd07bda5968 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljssemantichighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljssemantichighlighter.cpp
@@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ void SemanticHighlighter::rerun(const ScopeChain &scopeChain)
     m_watcher.setFuture(f);
 }
 
+void SemanticHighlighter::cancel()
+{
+    m_watcher.cancel();
+}
+
 void SemanticHighlighter::applyResults(int from, int to)
 {
     if (m_watcher.isCanceled())
@@ -432,3 +437,7 @@ void SemanticHighlighter::updateFontSettings(const TextEditor::FontSettings &fon
     m_formats[LocalStateNameType] = fontSettings.toTextCharFormat(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_QML_STATE_NAME));
 }
 
+int SemanticHighlighter::startRevision() const
+{
+    return m_startRevision;
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljssemantichighlighter.h b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljssemantichighlighter.h
index be5d7a175f0f9c6d222c1dab43e2d7470e28fdb9..18ee0306575caf3056b27bb752b67e926a4d36c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljssemantichighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljssemantichighlighter.h
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ public:
     SemanticHighlighter(QmlJSTextEditorWidget *editor);
 
     void rerun(const QmlJS::ScopeChain &scopeChain);
+    void cancel();
+
+    int startRevision() const;
 
     void updateFontSettings(const TextEditor::FontSettings &fontSettings);