diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movetool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movetool.cpp
index 9963f4b0597..7ca3fc71176 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movetool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movetool.cpp
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@ FormEditorItem* MoveTool::containerFormEditorItem(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> &i
         FormEditorItem *formEditorItem = FormEditorItem::fromQGraphicsItem(item);
         if (formEditorItem
            && !selectedItemList.contains(formEditorItem)
-           && isNotAncestorOfItemInList(formEditorItem, selectedItemList))
+           && isNotAncestorOfItemInList(formEditorItem, selectedItemList)
+           && formEditorItem->isContainer())
                 return formEditorItem;
 
     }