diff --git a/src/views/versioncontrol/versioncontrolobserver.h b/src/views/versioncontrol/versioncontrolobserver.h
--- a/src/views/versioncontrol/versioncontrolobserver.h
+++ b/src/views/versioncontrol/versioncontrolobserver.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 class QTimer;
 class UpdateItemStatesThread;
 
+class DolphinView;
+
 /**
  * @brief Observes all version control plugins.
  *
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit VersionControlObserver(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+    explicit VersionControlObserver(DolphinView* parent = nullptr);
     ~VersionControlObserver() override;
 
     void setModel(KFileItemModel* model);
diff --git a/src/views/versioncontrol/versioncontrolobserver.cpp b/src/views/versioncontrol/versioncontrolobserver.cpp
--- a/src/views/versioncontrol/versioncontrolobserver.cpp
+++ b/src/views/versioncontrol/versioncontrolobserver.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "versioncontrolobserver.h"
 
+#include "views/dolphinview.h"
 #include "dolphin_versioncontrolsettings.h"
 #include "dolphindebug.h"
 #include "kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <QTimer>
 
-VersionControlObserver::VersionControlObserver(QObject* parent) :
+VersionControlObserver::VersionControlObserver(DolphinView* parent) :
     QObject(parent),
     m_pendingItemStatesUpdate(false),
     m_versionedDirectory(false),
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@
     m_dirVerificationTimer->setInterval(500);
     connect(m_dirVerificationTimer, &QTimer::timeout,
             this, &VersionControlObserver::verifyDirectory);
+    connect(parent, &DolphinView::activated,
+            this, &VersionControlObserver::delayedDirectoryVerification);
 }
 
 VersionControlObserver::~VersionControlObserver()