2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
index 0289666ff..d30d9e5be 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -1327,10 +1327,6 @@ QHash<QByteArray, QVariant> KFileItemModel::retrieveData(const KFileItem& item,
         data.insert("path", path);
     }
 
-    if (m_requestRole[IsExpandedRole]) {
-        data.insert("isExpanded", false);
-    }
-
     if (m_requestRole[IsExpandableRole]) {
         data.insert("isExpandable", item.isDir() && item.url() == item.targetUrl());
     }
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
index 39d01e232..7cade10f5 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
@@ -630,6 +630,13 @@ void KFileItemModelRolesUpdater::slotDirWatchDirty(const QString& path)
     if (getSizeRole || getIsExpandableRole) {
         const int index = m_model->index(KUrl(path));
         if (index >= 0) {
+            if (!m_model->fileItem(index).isDir()) {
+                // If INotify is used, KDirWatch issues the dirty() signal
+                // also for changed files inside the directory, even if we
+                // don't enable this behavior explicitly (see bug 309740).
+                return;
+            }
+
             QHash<QByteArray, QVariant> data;
 
             const int count = subItemsCount(path);