diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/memoryusagemodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/memoryusagemodel.cpp
index b0541fa7d00..939e95614e1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/memoryusagemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/memoryusagemodel.cpp
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ void MemoryUsageModel::clear()
     QmlProfilerTimelineModel::clear();
 }
 
+bool MemoryUsageModel::handlesTypeId(int typeId) const
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(typeId);
+    // We don't want the memory ranges allocated by some QML/JS function to be highlighted when
+    // propagating a typeId selection to the timeline. The actual range should be highlighted.
+    return false;
+}
+
 MemoryUsageModel::MemoryAllocationItem::MemoryAllocationItem(int typeId, qint64 baseAmount) :
     size(baseAmount), allocated(0), deallocated(0), allocations(0), deallocations(0),
     typeId(typeId)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/memoryusagemodel.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/memoryusagemodel.h
index 948395dfaf5..dd978da788a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/memoryusagemodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/memoryusagemodel.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public:
     void loadEvent(const QmlEvent &event, const QmlEventType &type) override;
     void finalize() override;
     void clear() override;
+    bool handlesTypeId(int typeId) const override;
 
 private:
     struct RangeStackFrame {