diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
index 76529fcda3..e35f9ba0f8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
@@ -884,8 +884,7 @@ void QHeaderView::resizeSection(int logical, int size)
     if (stretchLastSection() && visual == d->lastVisibleVisualIndex())
         d->lastSectionSize = size;
 
-    if (size != oldSize)
-        d->createSectionSpan(visual, visual, size, d->headerSectionResizeMode(visual));
+    d->createSectionSpan(visual, visual, size, d->headerSectionResizeMode(visual));
 
     if (!updatesEnabled()) {
         emit sectionResized(logical, oldSize, size);