diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/qmlanchorbindingproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/qmlanchorbindingproxy.cpp
index c8548eeb1ca..4a08d9d6ddc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/qmlanchorbindingproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/qmlanchorbindingproxy.cpp
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ bool QmlAnchorBindingProxy::hasParent() const
 
 bool QmlAnchorBindingProxy::isInLayout() const
 {
-    return false;
+    return m_qmlItemNode.isInLayout();
 }
 
 bool QmlAnchorBindingProxy::isFilled() const