diff --git a/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.cpp b/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.cpp
index d66125af6c..4da5229ff8 100644
--- a/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction::DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction(QWidget *parent) :
 
 void DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction::adjustSpacing()
 {
+    m_previousWindowWidth = parentWidget()->window()->width();
     auto viewGeometries = m_viewGeometriesHelper.viewGeometries();
     const int widthOfSplitterPrimary = viewGeometries.globalXOfPrimary + viewGeometries.widthOfPrimary - viewGeometries.globalXOfNavigatorsWidget;
     const QList<int> splitterSizes = {widthOfSplitterPrimary,
@@ -310,7 +311,17 @@ DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction::ViewGeometriesHelper::ViewGeometriesHelper
 bool DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction::ViewGeometriesHelper::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
 {
     if (event->type() == QEvent::Resize) {
-        m_navigatorsWidgetAction->adjustSpacing();
+        if (m_navigatorsWidgetAction->parentWidget()->window()->width() != m_navigatorsWidgetAction->m_previousWindowWidth) {
+            // The window is being resized which means not all widgets have gotten their new sizes yet.
+            // Let's wait a bit so the sizes of the navigatorsWidget and the viewContainers have all
+            // had a chance to be updated.
+            m_navigatorsWidgetAction->m_adjustSpacingTimer->start();
+        } else {
+            m_navigatorsWidgetAction->adjustSpacing();
+            // We could always use the m_adjustSpacingTimer instead of calling adjustSpacing() directly
+            // here but then the navigatorsWidget doesn't fluently align with the viewContainers when
+            // the DolphinTabPage::m_expandViewAnimation is animating.
+        }
         return false;
     }
     return QObject::eventFilter(watched, event);
diff --git a/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.h b/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.h
index 6f5f8e7af6..3f50728e93 100644
--- a/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.h
+++ b/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.h
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ private:
     };
 
     ViewGeometriesHelper m_viewGeometriesHelper;
+
+    /**
+     * Used to check if the window has been resized.
+     * @see ViewGeometriesHelper::eventFilter() for why this is needed.
+     */
+    int m_previousWindowWidth = -1;
 };
 
 #endif // DOLPHINNAVIGATORSWIDGETACTION_H