diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
index a7370094f93a16ee543da8d2b6e2006469a7956f..5a8e457768a9088a28b998473e869e3cca46a146 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ QWidget *FontSettingsPage::createPage(QWidget *parent)
 
 void FontSettingsPage::fontFamilySelected(const QString &family)
 {
-    d_ptr->m_value.setFamily(d_ptr->ui.familyComboBox->currentText());
+    d_ptr->m_value.setFamily(family);
     d_ptr->ui.schemeEdit->setBaseFont(d_ptr->m_value.font());
     updatePointSizes();
 }