diff --git a/src/krecursivefilterproxymodel.cpp b/src/krecursivefilterproxymodel.cpp
index 9caf14a..10632ec 100644
--- a/src/krecursivefilterproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/krecursivefilterproxymodel.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ bool KRecursiveFilterProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelInd
     Q_ASSERT(source_index.isValid());
     bool accepted = false;
 
-    for (int row = 0, rows = sourceModel()->rowCount(source_index); row < rows; ++row) {
+    const int numChildren = sourceModel()->rowCount(source_index);
+    for (int row = 0, rows = numChildren; row < rows; ++row) {
         if (filterAcceptsRow(row, source_index)) {
             accepted = true;
             break;