diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistdelegate.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistdelegate.cpp
index 72dc0cb70..c23141a0e 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistdelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistdelegate.cpp
@@ -215,17 +215,19 @@ QWidget* TransferListDelegate::createEditor(QWidget*, const QStyleOptionViewItem
 
 QSize TransferListDelegate::sizeHint(const QStyleOptionViewItem & option, const QModelIndex & index) const
 {
-    static int iconHeight = -1;
-    if (iconHeight == -1) {
-        QIcon icon(":/icons/skin/downloading.png");
-        QList<QSize> icSizes(icon.availableSizes());
-        iconHeight = icSizes[0].height();
+    // Reimplementing sizeHint() because the 'name' column contains text+icon.
+    // When that WHOLE column goes out of view(eg user scrolls horizontally)
+    // the rows shrink if the text's height is smaller than the icon's height.
+    // This happens because icon from the 'name' column is no longer drawn.
+
+    static int nameColHeight = -1;
+    if (nameColHeight == -1) {
+        QModelIndex nameColumn = index.sibling(index.row(), TorrentModel::TR_NAME);
+        nameColHeight = QItemDelegate::sizeHint(option, nameColumn).height();
     }
 
     QSize size = QItemDelegate::sizeHint(option, index);
-    if (size.height() < iconHeight)
-        size.setHeight(iconHeight);
-
+    size.setHeight(std::max(nameColHeight, size.height()));
     return size;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistdelegate.h b/src/gui/transferlistdelegate.h
index 3b1b55758..577dd1b32 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistdelegate.h
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistdelegate.h
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ public:
     TransferListDelegate(QObject *parent);
     void paint(QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem & option, const QModelIndex & index) const;
     QWidget* createEditor(QWidget*, const QStyleOptionViewItem &, const QModelIndex &) const;
-
-    // Reimplementing sizeHint() because the 'name' column contains text+icon.
-    // When that WHOLE column goes out of view(eg user scrolls horizontally)
-    // the rows shrink if the text's height is smaller than the icon's height.
-    // This happens because icon from the 'name' column is no longer drawn.
     QSize sizeHint(const QStyleOptionViewItem & option, const QModelIndex & index) const;
 
 private: