diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editorview.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editorview.cpp
index 92ed402dcbc4743f9e30bba1a1058ab24029e546..930a20c2dfd4291cd85b6b969a9c1b129dc3091d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editorview.cpp
@@ -419,11 +419,11 @@ EditorView::EditorView(EditorModel *model, QWidget *parent) :
         m_statusWidgetButton->setText(tr("Placeholder"));
         hbox->addWidget(m_statusWidgetButton);
 
+        m_statusHLine->setVisible(false);
         m_statusWidget->setVisible(false);
         tl->addWidget(m_statusHLine);
         tl->addWidget(m_statusWidget);
     }
-
 }
 
 EditorView::~EditorView()