diff --git a/ui/qt/display_filter_combo.cpp b/ui/qt/display_filter_combo.cpp
index 8ed3f66a35..205781f168 100644
--- a/ui/qt/display_filter_combo.cpp
+++ b/ui/qt/display_filter_combo.cpp
@@ -125,8 +125,14 @@ extern "C" gboolean dfilter_combo_add_recent(const gchar *filter) {
     if (!cur_display_filter_combo)
         return FALSE;
 
+    // Adding an item to a QComboBox also sets its lineEdit. In our case
+    // that means we might trigger a temporary status message so we block
+    // the lineEdit's signals.
+    // Another approach would be to update QComboBox->model directly.
+    bool block_state = cur_display_filter_combo->lineEdit()->blockSignals(true);
     cur_display_filter_combo->addItem(filter);
     cur_display_filter_combo->clearEditText();
+    cur_display_filter_combo->lineEdit()->blockSignals(block_state);
     return TRUE;
 }