diff --git a/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c b/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
index c66c3a397b..9fe6580565 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ gimp_text_style_editor_constructed (GObject *object)
                          G_CALLBACK (gimp_text_style_editor_update),
                          editor, 0,
                          G_CONNECT_AFTER | G_CONNECT_SWAPPED);
+
+  gimp_text_style_editor_update (editor);
 }
 
 static void