diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
index ff50a9988..63876b719 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ QListModel::~QListModel()
 
 void QListModel::clear()
 {
+    beginResetModel();
     for (int i = 0; i < items.count(); ++i) {
         if (items.at(i)) {
             items.at(i)->d->theid = -1;
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ void QListModel::clear()
         }
     }
     items.clear();
-    reset();
+    endResetModel();
 }
 
 QListWidgetItem *QListModel::at(int row) const
diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qstandarditemmodel.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
index 5e0a3aa13..22118df26 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
@@ -2086,13 +2086,14 @@ QStandardItemModel::~QStandardItemModel()
 void QStandardItemModel::clear()
 {
     Q_D(QStandardItemModel);
+    beginResetModel();
     d->root.reset(new QStandardItem);
     d->root->d_func()->setModel(this);
     qDeleteAll(d->columnHeaderItems);
     d->columnHeaderItems.clear();
     qDeleteAll(d->rowHeaderItems);
     d->rowHeaderItems.clear();
-    reset();
+    endResetModel();
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
index 06121bdcc..88d1c753a 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ void QTableModel::clear()
 
 void QTableModel::clearContents()
 {
+    beginResetModel();
     for (int i = 0; i < tableItems.count(); ++i) {
         if (tableItems.at(i)) {
             tableItems.at(i)->view = 0;
@@ -766,7 +767,7 @@ void QTableModel::clearContents()
             tableItems[i] = 0;
         }
     }
-    reset();
+    endResetModel();
 }
 
 void QTableModel::itemChanged(QTableWidgetItem *item)
diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
index 7f11de4c7..a2c9eed47 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ QTreeModel::~QTreeModel()
 void QTreeModel::clear()
 {
     SkipSorting skipSorting(this);
+    beginResetModel();
     for (int i = 0; i < rootItem->childCount(); ++i) {
         QTreeWidgetItem *item = rootItem->children.at(i);
         item->par = 0;
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ void QTreeModel::clear()
     }
     rootItem->children.clear();
     sortPendingTimer.stop();
-    reset();
+    endResetModel();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -2133,10 +2134,11 @@ QVariant QTreeWidgetItem::childrenCheckState(int column) const
         default:
             return Qt::PartiallyChecked;
         }
+
+        if (uncheckedChildren && checkedChildren)
+            return Qt::PartiallyChecked;
     }
 
-    if (uncheckedChildren && checkedChildren)
-        return Qt::PartiallyChecked;
     if (uncheckedChildren)
         return Qt::Unchecked;
     else if (checkedChildren)