diff --git a/source/blender/editors/screen/area.c b/source/blender/editors/screen/area.c
index 858ef98bcd2..89e22aebed0 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/screen/area.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/screen/area.c
@@ -1855,6 +1855,15 @@ void ED_area_newspace(bContext *C, ScrArea *sa, int type, const bool skip_ar_exi
 			/* put in front of list */
 			BLI_remlink(&sa->spacedata, sl);
 			BLI_addhead(&sa->spacedata, sl);
+
+
+			/* Sync header alignment. */
+			for (ARegion *ar = sa->regionbase.first; ar; ar = ar->next) {
+				if (ar->regiontype == RGN_TYPE_HEADER) {
+					ar->alignment = header_alignment;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		else {
 			/* new space */
@@ -1871,14 +1880,6 @@ void ED_area_newspace(bContext *C, ScrArea *sa, int type, const bool skip_ar_exi
 				BLI_listbase_clear(&sl->regionbase);
 			}
 		}
-
-		/* Sync header alignment. */
-		for (ARegion *ar = sa->regionbase.first; ar; ar = ar->next) {
-			if (ar->regiontype == RGN_TYPE_HEADER) {
-				ar->alignment = header_alignment;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
 		
 		ED_area_initialize(CTX_wm_manager(C), win, sa);