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
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 class KFileItemList;
 class KFileItemModel;
+class KItemRangeList;
 class QAction;
 class QTimer;
 class UpdateItemStatesThread;
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@
      */
     void silentDirectoryVerification();
 
+    /**
+     * Invokes delayedDirectoryVerification() only if the itemsChanged() signal has not
+     * been triggered by the VCS plugin itself.
+     */
+    void slotItemsChanged(const KItemRangeList& itemRanges, const QSet<QByteArray>& roles);
+
     void verifyDirectory();
 
     /**
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
@@ -69,16 +69,16 @@
         disconnect(m_model, &KFileItemModel::itemsInserted,
                    this, &VersionControlObserver::delayedDirectoryVerification);
         disconnect(m_model, &KFileItemModel::itemsChanged,
-                   this, &VersionControlObserver::delayedDirectoryVerification);
+                   this, &VersionControlObserver::slotItemsChanged);
     }
 
     m_model = model;
 
     if (model) {
         connect(m_model, &KFileItemModel::itemsInserted,
                 this, &VersionControlObserver::delayedDirectoryVerification);
         connect(m_model, &KFileItemModel::itemsChanged,
-                this, &VersionControlObserver::delayedDirectoryVerification);
+                this, &VersionControlObserver::slotItemsChanged);
     }
 }
 
@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@
     m_dirVerificationTimer->start();
 }
 
+void VersionControlObserver::slotItemsChanged(const KItemRangeList& itemRanges, const QSet<QByteArray>& roles)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(itemRanges)
+
+    // Because "version" role is emitted by VCS plugin (ourselfs) we don't need to
+    // analyze it and update directory item states information. So lets check if
+    // there is only "version".
+    if ( !(roles.count() == 1 && roles.contains("version")) ) {
+        delayedDirectoryVerification();
+    }
+}
+
 void VersionControlObserver::verifyDirectory()
 {
     if (!m_model) {