diff --git a/indra/llui/llscrolllistcolumn.cpp b/indra/llui/llscrolllistcolumn.cpp
index 59c991512..72d4b3d01 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llscrolllistcolumn.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/llscrolllistcolumn.cpp
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ void LLScrollColumnHeader::handleReshape(const LLRect& new_rect, bool by_user)
 		// tell scroll list to layout columns again
 		// do immediate update to get proper feedback to resize handle
 		// which needs to know how far the resize actually went
-		mColumn->mParentCtrl->dirtyColumns();	//Must flag as dirty, else updateColumns will probably be a noop.
-		mColumn->mParentCtrl->updateColumns();
+		const bool force_update = true;
+		mColumn->mParentCtrl->updateColumns(force_update);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.cpp b/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.cpp
index 915833bd0..ff2afae93 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.cpp
@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ S32 LLScrollListCtrl::calcMaxContentWidth()
 
 		if (mColumnWidthsDirty)
 		{
-			mColumnWidthsDirty = false;
 			// update max content width for this column, by looking at all items
 			column->mMaxContentWidth = column->mHeader ? LLFontGL::getFontSansSerifSmall()->getWidth(column->mLabel.getWString()) + mColumnPadding + HEADING_TEXT_PADDING : 0;
 			item_list::iterator iter;
@@ -584,8 +583,8 @@ S32 LLScrollListCtrl::calcMaxContentWidth()
 		}
 		max_item_width += column->mMaxContentWidth;
 	}
+	mColumnWidthsDirty = false;
 
-	mMaxContentWidth = max_item_width;
 	return max_item_width;
 }
 
@@ -599,7 +598,7 @@ bool LLScrollListCtrl::updateColumnWidths()
 		if (!column) continue;
 
 		// update column width
-		S32 new_width = column->getWidth();
+		S32 new_width = 0;
 		if (column->mRelWidth >= 0)
 		{
 			new_width = (S32)ll_round(column->mRelWidth*mItemListRect.getWidth());
@@ -608,6 +607,10 @@ bool LLScrollListCtrl::updateColumnWidths()
 		{
 			new_width = (mItemListRect.getWidth() - mTotalStaticColumnWidth - mTotalColumnPadding) / mNumDynamicWidthColumns;
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			new_width = column->getWidth();
+		}
 
 		if (column->getWidth() != new_width)
 		{
@@ -650,9 +653,9 @@ void LLScrollListCtrl::updateLineHeightInsert(LLScrollListItem* itemp)
 }
 
 
-void LLScrollListCtrl::updateColumns()
+void LLScrollListCtrl::updateColumns(bool force_update)
 {
-	if (!mColumnsDirty)
+	if (!mColumnsDirty && !force_update)
 		return;
 
 	mColumnsDirty = false;
@@ -706,7 +709,7 @@ void LLScrollListCtrl::updateColumns()
 	}
 
 	// propagate column widths to individual cells
-	if (columns_changed_width)
+	if (columns_changed_width || force_update)
 	{
 		item_list::iterator iter;
 		for (iter = mItemList.begin(); iter != mItemList.end(); iter++)
diff --git a/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.h b/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.h
index 96df91b80..68905327c 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.h
+++ b/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.h
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public:
 
 	static void onClickColumn(void *userdata);
 
-	virtual void updateColumns();
+	virtual void updateColumns(bool force_update = false);
 	S32 calcMaxContentWidth();
 	bool updateColumnWidths();
 	S32 getMaxContentWidth() { return mMaxContentWidth; }