diff --git a/part/pageview.cpp b/part/pageview.cpp
index 264c767f3..37aa6b8d0 100644
--- a/part/pageview.cpp
+++ b/part/pageview.cpp
@@ -937,10 +937,13 @@ void PageView::reparseConfig()
     PageView::updateSmoothScrollAnimationSpeed();
 
     // set the scroll bars policies
-    Qt::ScrollBarPolicy scrollBarMode = Okular::Settings::showScrollBars() ? Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded : Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff;
-    if (horizontalScrollBarPolicy() != scrollBarMode) {
-        setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(scrollBarMode);
-        setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(scrollBarMode);
+    setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy( Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff );
+    Qt::ScrollBarPolicy scrollBarMode = Okular::Settings::showScrollBars() ?
+        Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded : Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff;
+    if ( horizontalScrollBarPolicy() != scrollBarMode )
+    {
+        setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy( Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff ); //setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy( scrollBarMode );
+        setVerticalScrollBarPolicy( scrollBarMode );
     }
 
     if (Okular::Settings::viewMode() == Okular::Settings::EnumViewMode::Summary && ((int)Okular::Settings::viewColumns() != d->setting_viewCols)) {