diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     void updateLocationWhatsThis();
     void updateAutoSelectExtension();
     void initSpeedbar();
+    void setPlacesViewSplitterSizes();
     void initGUI();
     void readViewConfig();
     void writeViewConfig();
@@ -1389,17 +1390,23 @@
     // initialize the size of the splitter
     placesViewWidth = configGroup.readEntry(SpeedbarWidth, placesView->sizeHint().width());
 
-    QList<int> sizes = placesViewSplitter->sizes();
-    if (placesViewWidth > 0) {
-        sizes[0] = placesViewWidth + 1;
-        sizes[1] = q->width() - placesViewWidth - 1;
-        placesViewSplitter->setSizes(sizes);
-    }
+    // Needed for when the dialog is shown with the places panel initially hidden
+    setPlacesViewSplitterSizes();
 
     QObject::connect(placesDock, SIGNAL(visibilityChanged(bool)),
                      q, SLOT(_k_toggleSpeedbar(bool)));
 }
 
+void KFileWidgetPrivate::setPlacesViewSplitterSizes()
+{
+    if (placesViewWidth > 0) {
+        QList<int> sizes = placesViewSplitter->sizes();
+        sizes[0] = placesViewWidth;
+        sizes[1] = q->width() - placesViewWidth - placesViewSplitter->handleWidth();
+        placesViewSplitter->setSizes(sizes);
+    }
+}
+
 void KFileWidgetPrivate::initGUI()
 {
     delete boxLayout; // deletes all sub layouts
@@ -1835,10 +1842,7 @@
     if (d->placesDock) {
         // we don't want our places dock actually changing size when we resize
         // and qt doesn't make it easy to enforce such a thing with QSplitter
-        QList<int> sizes = d->placesViewSplitter->sizes();
-        sizes[0] = d->placesViewWidth + 1; // without this pixel, our places view is reduced 1 pixel each time is shown.
-        sizes[1] = width() - d->placesViewWidth - 1;
-        d->placesViewSplitter->setSizes(sizes);
+        d->setPlacesViewSplitterSizes();
     }
 }