diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditoritem.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditoritem.cpp
index f26e0354425..9f6d3e9cd81 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditoritem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditoritem.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void FormEditorItem::updateGeometry()
     m_boundingRect = m_paintedBoundingRect.united(m_selectionBoundingRect);
     setTransform(qmlItemNode().instanceTransformWithContentTransform());
     //the property for zValue is called z in QGraphicsObject
-    if (qmlItemNode().instanceValue("z").isValid())
+    if (qmlItemNode().instanceValue("z").isValid() && !qmlItemNode().isRootModelNode())
         setZValue(qmlItemNode().instanceValue("z").toDouble());
 }