diff --git a/src/gui/qgsrelationeditorwidget.cpp b/src/gui/qgsrelationeditorwidget.cpp
index c5deeffd702..9bce60a43a8 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsrelationeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsrelationeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -517,9 +517,6 @@ void QgsRelationEditorWidget::linkFeature()
       for ( const QgsFeature &f : constNewFeatures )
         ids << f.id();
       mRelation.referencingLayer()->selectByIds( ids );
-
-
-      updateUi();
     }
     else
     {
@@ -543,6 +540,8 @@ void QgsRelationEditorWidget::linkFeature()
         }
       }
     }
+
+    updateUi();
   }
 }