diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/connectioneditor/dynamicpropertiesmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/connectioneditor/dynamicpropertiesmodel.cpp
index ff1b04f4a76..6343a9a513b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/connectioneditor/dynamicpropertiesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/connectioneditor/dynamicpropertiesmodel.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ QVariant convertVariantForTypeName(const QVariant &variant, const QmlDesigner::T
     } else if (typeName == "alias") {
         returnValue = "null";
     } else if (typeName == "Item") {
-        returnValue = 0;
+        returnValue = "null";
     }
 
     return returnValue;