diff --git a/src/panels/places/placesitem.cpp b/src/panels/places/placesitem.cpp
index ee168e4a30..10b87086cf 100644
--- a/src/panels/places/placesitem.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/places/placesitem.cpp
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ void PlacesItem::setUrl(const QUrl &url)
     if (dataValue("url").toUrl() != url) {
         delete m_trashDirLister;
         if (url.scheme() == QLatin1String("trash")) {
-            QObject::connect(&Trash::instance(), &Trash::emptinessChanged, [this](bool isTrashEmpty){
-                setIcon(isTrashEmpty ? QStringLiteral("user-trash") : QStringLiteral("user-trash-full"));
-            });
+            QObject::connect(&Trash::instance(), &Trash::emptinessChanged, m_signalHandler.data(), &PlacesItemSignalHandler::onTrashEmptinessChanged);
         }
 
         setDataValue("url", url);
diff --git a/src/panels/places/placesitemsignalhandler.cpp b/src/panels/places/placesitemsignalhandler.cpp
index c85c8336ee..b313f838f3 100644
--- a/src/panels/places/placesitemsignalhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/places/placesitemsignalhandler.cpp
@@ -51,3 +51,10 @@ void PlacesItemSignalHandler::onTearDownRequested(const QString& udi)
     }
 }
 
+void PlacesItemSignalHandler::onTrashEmptinessChanged(bool isTrashEmpty)
+{
+    if (m_item) {
+        m_item->setIcon(isTrashEmpty ? QStringLiteral("user-trash") : QStringLiteral("user-trash-full"));
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/panels/places/placesitemsignalhandler.h b/src/panels/places/placesitemsignalhandler.h
index 6158d71806..1d0cf9ccda 100644
--- a/src/panels/places/placesitemsignalhandler.h
+++ b/src/panels/places/placesitemsignalhandler.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public slots:
 
     void onTearDownRequested(const QString& udi);
 
+    void onTrashEmptinessChanged(bool isTrashEmpty);
+
 signals:
     void tearDownExternallyRequested(const QString& udi);