diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py b/electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py
index 93de73f80..5ee82047c 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py
@@ -1287,6 +1287,7 @@ class ElectrumWindow(QMainWindow, MessageBoxMixin, Logger):
         # alphanumeric mode; resulting in smaller QR codes
         lnaddr_qr = lnaddr.upper()
         self.receive_address_e.setText(addr)
+        self.update_receive_address_styling()
         self.receive_address_qr.setData(addr)
         self.receive_URI_e.setText(URI)
         self.receive_URI_qr.setData(URI)
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/request_list.py b/electrum/gui/qt/request_list.py
index ad0fbc6c5..c3c215843 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/request_list.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/request_list.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ class RequestList(MyTreeView):
 
     def update(self):
         # not calling maybe_defer_update() as it interferes with conditional-visibility
-        self.parent.update_receive_address_styling()
         self.proxy.setDynamicSortFilter(False)  # temp. disable re-sorting after every change
         self.std_model.clear()
         self.update_headers(self.__class__.headers)