diff --git a/lisp/image/image-dired.el b/lisp/image/image-dired.el
index 49b8d9f03c8..cfcd1851188 100644
--- a/lisp/image/image-dired.el
+++ b/lisp/image/image-dired.el
@@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ thumbnail buffer to be selected."
       (if do-not-pop
           (display-buffer buf)
         (pop-to-buffer buf))
-      (image-dired--line-up-with-method))))
+      (image-dired--line-up-with-method)
+      (image-dired--update-header-line))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun image-dired-show-all-from-dir (dir)