diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.h b/src/views/dolphinview.h
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.h
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.h
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@
      */
     void setUrl(const QUrl& url);
 
+    void slotRenameDialogRenamingFinished(const QList<QUrl>& urls);
+
     /**
      * Selects all items.
      * @see DolphinView::selectedItems()
@@ -760,6 +762,14 @@
      */
     QUrl viewPropertiesUrl() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Clears the selection and updates current item and selection according to the parameters
+     *
+     * @param current URL to be set as current
+     * @param selected list of selected items
+     */
+    void urlsForceSelection(const QUrl &current, const QList<QUrl>& selected);
+
 private:
     void updatePalette();
 
diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
@@ -635,6 +635,9 @@
                 this, &DolphinView::slotRoleEditingFinished);
     } else {
         RenameDialog* dialog = new RenameDialog(this, items);
+
+        connect(dialog, &RenameDialog::renamingFinished, this, &DolphinView::slotRenameDialogRenamingFinished);
+
         dialog->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
         dialog->show();
         dialog->raise();
@@ -1308,9 +1311,7 @@
 void DolphinView::observeCreatedItem(const QUrl& url)
 {
     if (m_active) {
-        clearSelection();
-        markUrlAsCurrent(url);
-        markUrlsAsSelected({url});
+        urlsForceSelection(url, {url});
     }
 }
 
@@ -1541,6 +1542,8 @@
             KIO::FileUndoManager::self()->recordJob(KIO::FileUndoManager::Rename, {oldUrl}, newUrl, job);
             job->uiDelegate()->setAutoErrorHandlingEnabled(true);
 
+            urlsForceSelection(newUrl, {newUrl});
+
             if (!newNameExistsAlready) {
                 // Only connect the result signal if there is no item with the new name
                 // in the model yet, see bug 328262.
@@ -1747,3 +1750,16 @@
     url.setPath(m_viewPropertiesContext);
     return url;
 }
+
+void DolphinView::slotRenameDialogRenamingFinished(const QList<QUrl>& urls)
+{
+    urlsForceSelection(urls.first(), urls);
+}
+
+void DolphinView::urlsForceSelection(const QUrl& current, const QList<QUrl>& selected)
+{
+    clearSelection();
+    m_clearSelectionBeforeSelectingNewItems = true;
+    markUrlAsCurrent(current);
+    markUrlsAsSelected(selected);
+}
diff --git a/src/views/renamedialog.h b/src/views/renamedialog.h
--- a/src/views/renamedialog.h
+++ b/src/views/renamedialog.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
     explicit RenameDialog(QWidget* parent, const KFileItemList& items);
     virtual ~RenameDialog();
 
+signals:
+    void renamingFinished(const QList<QUrl>& urls);
+
 private slots:
     void slotAccepted();
     void slotTextChanged(const QString& newName);
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@
 
 private:
     bool m_renameOneItem;
+    QList<QUrl> m_renamedItems;
     QString m_newName;
     QLineEdit* m_lineEdit;
     KFileItemList m_items;
diff --git a/src/views/renamedialog.cpp b/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
--- a/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     QDialog(parent),
     m_renameOneItem(false),
     m_newName(),
+    m_renamedItems(),
     m_lineEdit(0),
     m_items(items),
     m_allExtensionsDifferent(true),
@@ -162,6 +163,11 @@
     KIO::Job * job = KIO::moveAs(oldUrl, newUrl, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
     KJobWidgets::setWindow(job, widget);
     KIO::FileUndoManager::self()->recordJob(KIO::FileUndoManager::Rename, {oldUrl}, newUrl, job);
+
+    if (!job->error()) {
+        m_renamedItems << newUrl;
+    }
+
     job->uiDelegate()->setAutoErrorHandlingEnabled(true);
 }
 
@@ -223,6 +229,10 @@
             renameItem(item, newName);
         }
     }
+
+    if (!m_items.empty()) {
+        emit renamingFinished(m_renamedItems);
+    }
 }
 
 QString RenameDialog::indexedName(const QString& name, int index, const QChar& indexPlaceHolder)
@@ -243,4 +253,3 @@
 
     return newName;
 }
-