diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
index e1f0f9df1c..f3414e3f27 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ void KStandardItemListWidget::updatePixmapCache()
         if (isSelected()) {
             const QColor color = palette().brush(QPalette::Normal, QPalette::Highlight).color();
             QImage image = m_pixmap.toImage();
-            KIconEffect::colorize(image, color, 1.0f);
+            KIconEffect::colorize(image, color, 0.8f);
             m_pixmap = QPixmap::fromImage(image);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/private/kfileitemmodelsortalgorithm.cpp b/src/kitemviews/private/kfileitemmodelsortalgorithm.cpp
index 9588d19bf1..ab650efea1 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/private/kfileitemmodelsortalgorithm.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/private/kfileitemmodelsortalgorithm.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,17 @@ void KFileItemModelSortAlgorithm::sort(KFileItemModel* model,
                                        QList<KFileItemModel::ItemData*>::iterator begin,
                                        QList<KFileItemModel::ItemData*>::iterator end)
 {
-    static const int numberOfThreads = QThread::idealThreadCount();
-    parallelSort(model, begin, end, numberOfThreads);
+    if (model->sortRole() == model->roleForType(KFileItemModel::NameRole)) {
+        // Sorting by name can be expensive, in particular if natural sorting is
+        // enabled. Use all CPU cores to speed up the sorting process.
+        static const int numberOfThreads = QThread::idealThreadCount();
+        parallelSort(model, begin, end, numberOfThreads);
+    } else {
+        // Sorting by other roles is quite fast. Use only one thread to prevent
+        // problems caused by non-reentrant comparison functions, see
+        // https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312679
+        sequentialSort(model, begin, end);
+    }
 }
 
 void KFileItemModelSortAlgorithm::sequentialSort(KFileItemModel* model,
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/private/knepomukrolesprovider.cpp b/src/kitemviews/private/knepomukrolesprovider.cpp
index 1bdac6dfce..3b1899278b 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/private/knepomukrolesprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/private/knepomukrolesprovider.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ QString KNepomukRolesProvider::orientationFromValue(int value) const
 QString KNepomukRolesProvider::durationFromValue(int value) const
 {
     QTime duration;
-    duration = duration.addMSecs(value);
+    duration = duration.addSecs(value);
     return duration.toString("hh:mm:ss");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/private/knepomukrolesprovider.h b/src/kitemviews/private/knepomukrolesprovider.h
index 8290b571ea..b8c7e51e60 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/private/knepomukrolesprovider.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/private/knepomukrolesprovider.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ private:
 
     /**
      * @return Duration in the format HH::MM::SS for the value given
-     *         in milliseconds.
+     *         in seconds.
      */
     QString durationFromValue(int value) const;
 
diff --git a/src/views/renamedialog.cpp b/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
index 65125c3aa8..07add113a4 100644
--- a/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ RenameDialog::RenameDialog(QWidget *parent, const KFileItemList& items) :
         m_newName = items.first().name();
         editLabel = new QLabel(i18nc("@label:textbox", "Rename the item <filename>%1</filename> to:", m_newName),
                                page);
+        editLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::PlainText);
     } else {
         m_newName = i18nc("@info:status", "New name #");
         editLabel = new QLabel(i18ncp("@label:textbox",