diff --git a/applets/kimpanel/backend/ibus/ibus15/panel.cpp b/applets/kimpanel/backend/ibus/ibus15/panel.cpp
--- a/applets/kimpanel/backend/ibus/ibus15/panel.cpp
+++ b/applets/kimpanel/backend/ibus/ibus15/panel.cpp
@@ -505,6 +505,15 @@
     }
 }
 
+bool contains(gchar** strlist, const gchar* str)
+{
+    for (; strlist; ++strlist) {
+        if (g_strcmp0(*strlist, str) == 0)
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 static void
 impanel_update_engines(IBusPanelImpanel* impanel, GVariant* var_engines) {
     gchar** engine_names = nullptr;
@@ -524,13 +533,13 @@
     }
 
     IBusEngineDesc** engines = ibus_bus_get_engines_by_names(impanel->bus, engine_names);
-    g_strfreev(engine_names);
 
     impanel->engineManager->setEngines(engines);
 
-    if (engines && engines[0]) {
+    if (engines && engines[0] && !contains(engine_names, ibus_engine_desc_get_name(ibus_bus_get_global_engine(impanel->bus)))) {
         ibus_bus_set_global_engine(impanel->bus, ibus_engine_desc_get_name(engines[0]));
     }
+    g_strfreev(engine_names);
 
     impanel->app->setDoGrab(len > 1);
 }