diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
index 37015295a05..45eb5b69b4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ void PropertyEditorValue::commitDrop(const QString &path)
         Utils::FilePath imagePath = Utils::FilePath::fromString(path);
         Utils::FilePath currFilePath = QmlDesigner::DocumentManager::currentFilePath();
         QmlDesigner::VariantProperty srcProp = texture.variantProperty("source");
-        srcProp.setValue(imagePath.relativePathFrom(currFilePath).toUrl());
+        srcProp.setValue(imagePath.relativePathFrom(currFilePath).toString());
 
         // assign the texture to the property
         setExpressionWithEmit(texture.id());