diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/cover_flow.py b/src/calibre/gui2/cover_flow.py
index bcbb3d7fbe..b7cebee2c0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/cover_flow.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/cover_flow.py
@@ -316,10 +316,7 @@ class CoverFlowMixin(object):
                 index = m.index(row, 0)
                 if self.library_view.currentIndex().row() != row and index.isValid():
                     self.cover_flow_sync_flag = False
-                    self.library_view.scroll_to_row(index.row())
-                    sm = self.library_view.selectionModel()
-                    sm.select(index, sm.ClearAndSelect|sm.Rows)
-                    self.library_view.setCurrentIndex(index)
+                    self.library_view.select_rows([row], using_ids=False)
         except:
             import traceback
             traceback.print_exc()