diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistview.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistview.cpp
index 281edc3e9..a4442e5a9 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistview.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistview.cpp
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ void KItemListView::slotItemsRemoved(const KItemRangeList& itemRanges)
 
         // Remember which items have to be moved because they are behind the removed range.
         QVector<int> itemsToMove;
+        QVector<KItemListWidget*> widgetsToRecycle;
 
         // Remove all KItemListWidget instances that got deleted
         QMutableHashIterator<int, KItemListWidget*> it(m_visibleItems);
@@ -1177,19 +1178,21 @@ void KItemListView::slotItemsRemoved(const KItemRangeList& itemRanges)
 
             if (m_model->count() == 0 || hasMultipleRanges || !animateChangedItemCount(count)) {
                 // Remove the widget without animation
-                recycleWidget(widget);
+                widgetsToRecycle.push_back(widget);
             } else {
                 // Animate the removing of the items. Special case: When removing an item there
                 // is no valid model index available anymore. For the
                 // remove-animation the item gets removed from m_visibleItems but the widget
                 // will stay alive until the animation has been finished and will
                 // be recycled (deleted) in KItemListView::slotAnimationFinished().
-                m_visibleItems.remove(i);
+                it.remove();
                 widget->setIndex(-1);
                 m_animation->start(widget, KItemListViewAnimation::DeleteAnimation);
             }
         }
 
+        recycleWidgets(widgetsToRecycle);
+
         // Update the indexes of all KItemListWidget instances that are located
         // after the deleted items. It is important to update them in ascending
         // order to prevent overlaps when setting the new index.
@@ -1977,6 +1980,13 @@ void KItemListView::recycleWidget(KItemListWidget* widget)
     widgetCreator()->recycle(widget);
 }
 
+void KItemListView::recycleWidgets(const QVector<KItemListWidget*> &widgets)
+{
+    for (KItemListWidget *widget : qAsConst(widgets)) {
+        recycleWidget(widget);
+    }
+}
+
 void KItemListView::setWidgetIndex(KItemListWidget* widget, int index)
 {
     const int oldIndex = widget->index();
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistview.h b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistview.h
index df582aad0..c71eca95c 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistview.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistview.h
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ private:
 
     KItemListWidget* createWidget(int index);
     void recycleWidget(KItemListWidget* widget);
+    void recycleWidgets(const QVector<KItemListWidget*> &widgets);
 
     /**
      * Changes the index of the widget to \a index and assures a consistent