diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index 31f6af5dce..9112e48869 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -8567,6 +8567,10 @@ void QWidget::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *)
 {
     if (focusPolicy() != Qt::NoFocus || !isWindow())
         update();
+
+    // automatically hide the SIP
+    if (qApp->autoSipEnabled() && testAttribute(Qt::WA_InputMethodEnabled))
+        qApp->inputMethod()->hide();
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
index 869570b0e3..5187968ddf 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ void QLineEdit::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *e)
         QObject::disconnect(d->control->completer(), 0, this, 0);
     }
 #endif
-    update();
+    QWidget::focusOutEvent(e);
 }
 
 /*!\reimp