diff --git a/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFile.cpp b/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFile.cpp
index 85a1352d..7d58e728 100644
--- a/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFile.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFile.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ QtCodeSnippet* QtCodeFile::addCodeSnippet(const CodeSnippetParams& params)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (params.locationFile->isWhole() && m_fileSnippet)
+	{
+		return m_fileSnippet;
+	}
+
 	QtCodeSnippet* snippet = new QtCodeSnippet(params, m_navigator, this);
 
 	if (params.reduced)