diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/GFileSystemModel.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/GFileSystemModel.cpp
index 675f9c8522..637fac93ef 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/GFileSystemModel.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/GFileSystemModel.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ void GFileSystemModel::update()
     m_root = new Node;
     m_root->name = m_root_path;
     m_root->reify_if_needed(*this);
+
+    did_update();
 }
 
 void GFileSystemModel::cleanup()