diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/qmlstatenodeinstance.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/qmlstatenodeinstance.cpp
index c07cc4bfcff..8a23a24f4cd 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/qmlstatenodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/qmlstatenodeinstance.cpp
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ void QmlStateNodeInstance::deactivateState()
 
 void QmlStateNodeInstance::setPropertyVariant(const PropertyName &name, const QVariant &value)
 {
-    bool isStateOfTheRootModelNode = parentInstance() && parentInstance()->isRootNodeInstance();
-    if (name == "when" && (isStateOfTheRootModelNode))
+    if (name == "when")
         return;
 
     ObjectNodeInstance::setPropertyVariant(name, value);