diff --git a/src/MissionManager/MissionController.cc b/src/MissionManager/MissionController.cc
index 233909a4cde458a45de6651ded5d94f3ed288d2e..8af27ee18297bf2d15977377cc3a71df520a42f2 100644
--- a/src/MissionManager/MissionController.cc
+++ b/src/MissionManager/MissionController.cc
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ VisualMissionItem* MissionController::_insertSimpleMissionItemWorker(QGeoCoordin
             }
         }
     }
+    newItem->setMissionFlightStatus(_missionFlightStatus);
     if (visualItemIndex == -1) {
         _visualItems->append(newItem);
     } else {
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ VisualMissionItem* MissionController::insertTakeoffItem(QGeoCoordinate /*coordin
             newItem->setAltitudeMode(static_cast<QGroundControlQmlGlobal::AltitudeMode>(prevAltitudeMode));
         }
     }
+    newItem->setMissionFlightStatus(_missionFlightStatus);
     if (visualItemIndex == -1) {
         _visualItems->append(newItem);
     } else {
@@ -1884,9 +1886,8 @@ void MissionController::_initVisualItem(VisualMissionItem* visualItem)
     connect(visualItem, &VisualMissionItem::specifiedVehicleYawChanged,                 this, &MissionController::_recalcMissionFlightStatusSignal, Qt::QueuedConnection);
     connect(visualItem, &VisualMissionItem::terrainAltitudeChanged,                     this, &MissionController::_recalcMissionFlightStatusSignal, Qt::QueuedConnection);
     connect(visualItem, &VisualMissionItem::additionalTimeDelayChanged,                 this, &MissionController::_recalcMissionFlightStatusSignal, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    connect(visualItem, &VisualMissionItem::lastSequenceNumberChanged,                  this, &MissionController::_recalcSequence);
 
-    visualItem->setMissionFlightStatus(_missionFlightStatus);
+    connect(visualItem, &VisualMissionItem::lastSequenceNumberChanged,                  this, &MissionController::_recalcSequence);
 
     if (visualItem->isSimpleItem()) {
         // We need to track commandChanged on simple item since recalc has special handling for takeoff command