diff --git a/kcms/icons/iconsmodel.cpp b/kcms/icons/iconsmodel.cpp
--- a/kcms/icons/iconsmodel.cpp
+++ b/kcms/icons/iconsmodel.cpp
@@ -79,12 +79,11 @@
             item.pendingDeletion = pendingDeletion;
             emit dataChanged(index, index, {PendingDeletionRole});
 
-            // move to the next non-pending theme
+            // if we delete current selected theme move to the next non-pending theme
             const auto nonPending = match(index, PendingDeletionRole, false);
-            if (!nonPending.isEmpty()) {
+            if (index.row() == selectedThemeIndex() && !nonPending.isEmpty()) {
                 setSelectedTheme(nonPending.first().data(ThemeNameRole).toString());
             }
-
             emit pendingDeletionsChanged();
             return true;
         }