diff --git a/front_end/elements/ElementsTreeElement.js b/front_end/elements/ElementsTreeElement.js
index 70c10f3551..441adb24d0 100644
--- a/front_end/elements/ElementsTreeElement.js
+++ b/front_end/elements/ElementsTreeElement.js
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ Elements.ElementsTreeElement = class extends UI.TreeElement {
    * @override
    */
   onpopulate() {
-    this.populated = true;
     this.treeOutline.populateTreeElement(this);
   }
 
diff --git a/front_end/elements/ElementsTreeOutline.js b/front_end/elements/ElementsTreeOutline.js
index cc0bd898b5..cef69395cc 100644
--- a/front_end/elements/ElementsTreeOutline.js
+++ b/front_end/elements/ElementsTreeOutline.js
@@ -1154,7 +1154,10 @@ Elements.ElementsTreeOutline = class extends UI.TreeOutline {
   populateTreeElement(treeElement) {
     if (treeElement.childCount() || !treeElement.isExpandable())
       return;
-    treeElement.node().getChildNodes(() => this._updateModifiedParentNode(treeElement.node()));
+    treeElement.node().getChildNodes(() => {
+      treeElement.populated = true;
+      this._updateModifiedParentNode(treeElement.node());
+    });
   }
 
   /**