diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
index 48ecd4119f6..bc3ca88d810 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ private: // functions
 
     NodeInstance loadNode(const ModelNode &node);
 
+    void clearErrors();
+
     void removeAllInstanceNodeRelationships();
 
     void removeRecursiveChildRelationship(const ModelNode &removedNode);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
index cce625a2b3d..a6061234320 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
@@ -326,10 +326,17 @@ void NodeInstanceView::endPuppetTransaction()
     }
 }
 
+
+void NodeInstanceView::clearErrors()
+{
+    for (NodeInstance &instance : instances()) {
+        instance.setError({});
+    }
+}
+
 void NodeInstanceView::restartProcess()
 {
-    if (rootNodeInstance().isValid())
-        rootNodeInstance().setError({});
+    clearErrors();
     emitInstanceErrorChange({});
     emitDocumentMessage({}, {});
 
@@ -958,6 +965,8 @@ CreateSceneCommand NodeInstanceView::createCreateSceneCommand()
         }
     }
 
+    clearErrors();
+
     nodeList = filterNodesForSkipItems(nodeList);
 
     QList<VariantProperty> variantPropertyList;