diff --git a/app/widgets/gimplayertreeview.c b/app/widgets/gimplayertreeview.c
index 7a336cec77b768b7a5d463f2f3d32b7d39211963..848d5589c9c4d0d9573cdd53a1b118760f757c95 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimplayertreeview.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimplayertreeview.c
@@ -1206,9 +1206,10 @@ gimp_layer_tree_view_mask_update (GimpLayerTreeView *layer_view,
                       layer_view->priv->model_column_mask_visible, mask_visible,
                       -1);
 
+  gimp_layer_tree_view_update_borders (layer_view, iter);
+
   if (renderer)
     {
-      gimp_layer_tree_view_update_borders (layer_view, iter);
       gimp_view_renderer_remove_idle (renderer);
       g_object_unref (renderer);
     }