diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
index 6346a84d8c059d159f4f5970bb92970d2e8ec9bd..8dc6a520aa6f0b506e8dabb71bc425cf67bb9b11 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
@@ -269,8 +269,10 @@ void FancyActionBar::modeChanged(Core::IMode *mode)
 {
     if (m_runButton && m_debugButton) {
         bool inDebugMode = (mode->id() == QLatin1String("Debugger.Mode.Debug"));
+        layout()->setEnabled(false);
         m_runButton->setVisible(!inDebugMode);
         m_debugButton->setVisible(inDebugMode);
+        layout()->setEnabled(true);
     }
 }