diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.cpp
index 750d7da6ed6..9b5dc32ff8e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ TextEditorWidget::TextEditorWidget(TextEditorView *textEditorView) : QWidget()
 
 void TextEditorWidget::setTextEditor(TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *textEditor) {
     m_textEditor.reset(textEditor);
-    layout()->addWidget(textEditor->widget());
+    layout()->addWidget(textEditor->editorWidget());
 }
 
 QString TextEditorWidget::contextHelpId() const