Index: workspace/libs/plasma/widgets/layoutanimator.cpp
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--- workspace/libs/plasma/widgets/layoutanimator.cpp    (revision 738190)
+++ workspace/libs/plasma/widgets/layoutanimator.cpp    (working copy)
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@

 void LayoutAnimator::setCurrentState( LayoutItem* item , State state )
 {
+    if (state == RemovedState && !d->states.contains(item))
+        return;
+
     State oldState = d->states[item];

     d->states[item] = state;