diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
index 60411163e64..5fcf918f11f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ ModelNode::ModelNode(const ModelNode &modelNode, AbstractView *view)
 \return invalid node
 \see invalid
 */
-ModelNode::ModelNode():
-        m_internalNode(new InternalNode)
+ModelNode::ModelNode()
+    : m_internalNode(std::make_shared<InternalNode>())
 {
 }