diff --git a/src/dolphintabwidget.h b/src/dolphintabwidget.h
--- a/src/dolphintabwidget.h
+++ b/src/dolphintabwidget.h
@@ -191,9 +191,10 @@
 
 private:
     /**
-     * Returns the name of the tab for the URL \a url.
+     * @param tabPage The tab page to get the name of
+     * @return The name of the tab page
      */
-    QString tabName() const;
+    QString tabName(DolphinTabPage* tabPage) const;
 
 private:
     /** Caches the (negated) places panel visibility */
diff --git a/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp b/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
--- a/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 {
     const int tabCount = count();
     for (int i = 0; i < tabCount; ++i) {
-        tabBar()->setTabText(i, tabName());
+        tabBar()->setTabText(i, tabName(tabPageAt(i)));
         tabPageAt(i)->refreshViews();
     }
 }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
             this, &DolphinTabWidget::activeViewChanged);
     connect(tabPage, &DolphinTabPage::activeViewUrlChanged,
             this, &DolphinTabWidget::tabUrlChanged);
-    addTab(tabPage, QIcon::fromTheme(KIO::iconNameForUrl(primaryUrl)), tabName());
+    addTab(tabPage, QIcon::fromTheme(KIO::iconNameForUrl(primaryUrl)), tabName(tabPage));
 
     if (focusWidget) {
         // The DolphinViewContainer grabbed the keyboard focus. As the tab is opened
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 {
     const int index = indexOf(qobject_cast<QWidget*>(sender()));
     if (index >= 0) {
-        tabBar()->setTabText(index, tabName());
+        tabBar()->setTabText(index, tabName(tabPageAt(index)));
         tabBar()->setTabIcon(index, QIcon::fromTheme(KIO::iconNameForUrl(url)));
 
         // Emit the currentUrlChanged signal if the url of the current tab has been changed.
@@ -354,12 +354,12 @@
     emit tabCountChanged(count());
 }
 
-QString DolphinTabWidget::tabName() const
+QString DolphinTabWidget::tabName(DolphinTabPage* tabPage) const
 {
-    if (currentTabPage() == nullptr) {
+    if (tabPage == nullptr) {
         return QString();
     }
-    QString name = currentTabPage()->activeViewContainer()->getCaption();
+    QString name = tabPage->activeViewContainer()->getCaption();
     // Make sure that a '&' inside the directory name is displayed correctly
     // and not misinterpreted as a keyboard shortcut in QTabBar::setTabText()
     return name.replace('&', QLatin1String("&&"));