diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/projectfilecontenttools.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/projectfilecontenttools.cpp
index fd2efad0488..247e636beaf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/projectfilecontenttools.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/projectfilecontenttools.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const Utils::FilePaths rootCmakeFiles(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
         project = ProjectExplorer::SessionManager::startupProject();
     if (!project)
         return {};
-    return project->projectDirectory().dirEntries({QList<QString>("CMakeLists.txt"), QDir::Files});
+    return project->projectDirectory().dirEntries({QList<QString>({"CMakeLists.txt"}), QDir::Files});
 }
 
 const QString readFileContents(const Utils::FilePath &filePath)