+++ src/gui/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
--- src/gui/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
@@ -1235,8 +1235,10 @@
     if (model() && model()->columnCount(rootIndex()) > 0) { // no columns means no contents
         if (layoutMode() == SinglePass)
             d->doItemsLayout(model()->rowCount(rootIndex())); // layout everything
-        else if (!d->batchLayoutTimer.isActive())
-            d->batchLayoutTimer.start(0, this); // do a new batch as fast as possible
+        else if (!d->batchLayoutTimer.isActive()) {
+            if (!d->doItemsLayout(100)) // If more items left, batch them..
+                d->batchLayoutTimer.start(0, this); // do a new batch as fast as possible
+        }
     }
     QAbstractItemView::doItemsLayout();
 }