diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index 4345a87c8eb..bddac451ca9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ bool QmlItemNode::modelIsInLayout() const
                 && parentModelNode.metaInfo().isLayoutable())
             return true;
 
-        return NodeHints::fromModelNode(modelNode()).doesLayoutChildren();
+        return NodeHints::fromModelNode(parentModelNode).doesLayoutChildren();
     }
 
     return false;