diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
index 430b57ef3..b6a288078 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             if (mFrame)
                 mFrame->setImageTexture("");
             mItem->setImageTexture("");
+            mText->setCaption("");
             return;
         }