diff --git a/crates/story/src/lib.rs b/crates/story/src/lib.rs
index 7ac13ea1..091fb3b7 100644
--- a/crates/story/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/story/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ pub use webview_story::WebViewStory;
 use gpui::{
     actions, div, prelude::FluentBuilder as _, px, AnyView, AppContext, Div, EventEmitter,
     FocusableView, InteractiveElement, IntoElement, ParentElement, Pixels, Render, SharedString,
-    StatefulInteractiveElement, Styled as _, Task, View, ViewContext, VisualContext, WindowContext,
+    StatefulInteractiveElement, Styled as _, View, ViewContext, VisualContext, WindowContext,
 };
 
-use anyhow::Result;
 use ui::{
     divider::Divider,
     dock::{Panel, PanelEvent, TabPanel},
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/dock/tab_panel.rs b/crates/ui/src/dock/tab_panel.rs
index 59be82c8..e6897ff1 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/dock/tab_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/dock/tab_panel.rs
@@ -128,11 +128,13 @@ impl TabPanel {
         size: Option<Pixels>,
         cx: &mut ViewContext<Self>,
     ) {
-        self.will_split_placement = Some(placement);
         cx.spawn(|view, mut cx| async move {
             cx.update(|cx| {
-                view.update(cx, |view, cx| view.split_panel(panel, placement, size, cx))
-                    .ok()
+                view.update(cx, |view, cx| {
+                    view.will_split_placement = Some(placement);
+                    view.split_panel(panel, placement, size, cx)
+                })
+                .ok()
             })
             .ok()
         })