diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
index 9ca2a84d07e..dadf154567a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
@@ -2301,6 +2301,7 @@ void QPlainTextEdit::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
         d->control->document()->setDefaultFont(font());
         break;
     case QEvent::ActivationChange:
+        d->control->setPalette(palette());
         if (!isActiveWindow())
             d->autoScrollTimer.stop();
         break;
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
index b4b16120ea5..97d666dc1fd 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
@@ -1897,6 +1897,7 @@ void QTextEdit::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
         || e->type() == QEvent::FontChange) {
         d->control->document()->setDefaultFont(font());
     }  else if (e->type() == QEvent::ActivationChange) {
+        d->control->setPalette(palette());
         if (!isActiveWindow())
             d->autoScrollTimer.stop();
     } else if (e->type() == QEvent::EnabledChange) {