diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriteactioncompressor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriteactioncompressor.cpp
index c014bcd4d78..0662da4e86a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriteactioncompressor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriteactioncompressor.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@ void RewriteActionCompressor::compressReparentIntoNewPropertyActions(QList<Rewri
             if (m_positionStore->nodeOffset(reparentAction->targetProperty().parentModelNode()) < 0) {
                 actionsToRemove.append(action);
 
-                removeActions.append(new RemoveNodeRewriteAction(reparentAction->reparentedNode()));
+                const ModelNode childNode = reparentAction->reparentedNode();
+
+                if (m_positionStore->nodeOffset(childNode) > 0)
+                    removeActions.append(new RemoveNodeRewriteAction(childNode));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
index f6708d2c8f3..b6ff4903c43 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ void tst_TestCore::testRewriterReparentToNewNode()
 
     const QList<ModelNode> children = rootModelNode.directSubModelNodes();
 
-    ModelNode rectangle = testRewriterView->createModelNode("QtQuick.Rectangle", 2, 0);
+    ModelNode rectangle = testRewriterView->createModelNode("QtQuick.Rectangle");
     rootModelNode.nodeListProperty("data").reparentHere(rectangle);
 
     rectangle.setIdWithoutRefactoring("newParent");
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ void tst_TestCore::testRewriterReparentToNewNode()
 
     {
         RewriterTransaction transaction = testRewriterView->beginRewriterTransaction("TEST");
-        ModelNode rectangle = testRewriterView->createModelNode("QtQuick.Rectangle", 2, 0);
+        ModelNode rectangle = testRewriterView->createModelNode("QtQuick.Rectangle");
         rootModelNode.nodeListProperty("data").reparentHere(rectangle);
 
         rectangle.setIdWithoutRefactoring("newParent2");
@@ -1223,6 +1223,29 @@ void tst_TestCore::testRewriterReparentToNewNode()
 
 
     QCOMPARE(textEdit.toPlainText(), expectedOutcome);
+
+    rectangle.destroy();
+
+    QCOMPARE(testRewriterView->allModelNodes().count(), 6);
+
+    {
+        RewriterTransaction transaction = testRewriterView->beginRewriterTransaction("TEST");
+
+        ModelNode newChild = testRewriterView->createModelNode("QtQuick.Rectangle");
+        rootModelNode.nodeListProperty("data").reparentHere(newChild);
+        newChild.setIdWithoutRefactoring("newChild");
+        ModelNode newParent = testRewriterView->createModelNode("QtQuick.Rectangle");
+        rootModelNode.nodeListProperty("data").reparentHere(newParent);
+
+        newParent.setIdWithoutRefactoring("newParent3");
+
+        for (const ModelNode &child : children)
+            newParent.nodeListProperty("data").reparentHere(child);
+
+        newParent.nodeListProperty("data").reparentHere(newChild);
+    }
+
+    QCOMPARE(testRewriterView->allModelNodes().count(), 8);
 }
 
 void tst_TestCore::testRewriterForGradientMagic()