diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index 9dbe5c6c54..057718cdba 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -3620,6 +3620,9 @@ void QAbstractItemView::startDrag(Qt::DropActions supportedActions)
             defaultDropAction = Qt::CopyAction;
         if (drag->exec(supportedActions, defaultDropAction) == Qt::MoveAction)
             d->clearOrRemove();
+        // Reset the drop indicator
+        d->dropIndicatorRect = QRect();
+        d->dropIndicatorPosition = OnItem;
     }
 }
 #endif // QT_NO_DRAGANDDROP