diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/selectioncontext.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/selectioncontext.cpp
index 7dba86920d6..59a9454b095 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/selectioncontext.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/selectioncontext.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ QList<ModelNode> SelectionContext::selectedModelNodes() const
 
 bool SelectionContext::hasSingleSelectedModelNode() const
 {
-    return view()->hasSelectedModelNodes();
+    return view()->hasSingleSelectedModelNode()
+            && firstSelectedModelNode().isValid();
 }
 
 AbstractView *SelectionContext::view() const