diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/newstateseditor/Main.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/newstateseditor/Main.qml
index e40f7642388..92bf99b86c8 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/newstateseditor/Main.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/newstateseditor/Main.qml
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ Rectangle {
     // the close of the old popup. Using an int keeps track of number of opened popups.
     property int menuOpen: 0
 
+    Connections {
+        target: statesEditorModel
+        onModelReset: root.menuOpen = 0
+    }
+
     // This timer is used to delay the current state animation as it didn't work due to the
     // repeaters item not being positioned in time resulting in 0 x and y position if the grids
     // row and column were not changed during the layout algorithm .