diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontenteditors.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontenteditors.directive.js
index 7d6d5dc131..4902d943a7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontenteditors.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontenteditors.directive.js
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@
                         variant.variants[i].active = false;
                     }
                 }
+
+                // keep track of the open variants across the different split views
+                // push the first variant then update the variant index based on the editor index
+                if(vm.openVariants && vm.openVariants.length === 0) {
+                    vm.openVariants.push(variant.language.culture);
+                } else {
+                    vm.openVariants[editorIndex] = variant.language.culture;
+                }
+                
             }
 
             //then assign the variant to a view model to the content app
@@ -186,14 +195,6 @@
                 return a.alias === "content";
             });
             contentApp.viewModel = variant;
-            
-            // keep track of the open variants across the different split views
-            // push the first variant then update the variant index based on the editor index
-            if(vm.openVariants && vm.openVariants.length === 0) {
-                vm.openVariants.push(variant.language.culture);
-            } else {
-                vm.openVariants[editorIndex] = variant.language.culture;
-            }
 
             // make sure the same app it set to active in the new variant
             if(activeAppAlias) {