diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
index 67ec00e1212..0209c7a0a7e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
@@ -1099,7 +1099,6 @@ bool TextToModelMerger::load(const QString &data, DifferenceHandler &differenceH
                 m_rewriterView->setWarnings(warnings);
             qCInfo(rewriterBenchmark) << "checked semantic errors:" << time.elapsed();
         }
-        setupUsedImports();
 
         AST::UiObjectMember *astRootNode = nullptr;
         if (AST::UiProgram *program = m_document->qmlProgram())
@@ -1111,6 +1110,8 @@ bool TextToModelMerger::load(const QString &data, DifferenceHandler &differenceH
 
         qCInfo(rewriterBenchmark) << "synced nodes:" << time.elapsed();
 
+        setupUsedImports();
+
         setActive(false);
 
         return true;