diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/assetslibrary/assetslibrarywidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/assetslibrary/assetslibrarywidget.cpp
index 7c111f80c0b..93057e6733a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/assetslibrary/assetslibrarywidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/assetslibrary/assetslibrarywidget.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ bool AssetsLibraryWidget::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
                 m_assetsToDrag.clear();
             }
         }
+    } else if (event->type() == QMouseEvent::MouseButtonRelease) {
+        m_assetsToDrag.clear();
     }
 
     return QObject::eventFilter(obj, event);