diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodetreebuilder.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodetreebuilder.cpp
index a302b4db08d..adba361c154 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodetreebuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodetreebuilder.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ static void createTree(const QmakePriFile *pri, QmakePriFileNode *node, const Fi
                         int eid = vfs->idForFileName(file.toString(), QMakeVfs::VfsExact);
                         vfs->readFile(eid, &contents, &errorMessage);
                     }
-                    vfolder->addNode(std::make_unique<ResourceEditor::ResourceTopLevelNode>(file, contents, vfolder.get()));
+                    vfolder->addNode(std::make_unique<ResourceEditor::ResourceTopLevelNode>
+                                     (file, vfolder->filePath(), contents));
                 }
             } else {
                 for (const FileName &fn : newFilePaths) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
index c7de69cb630..f5c3fa19289 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void ResourceEditorPlugin::extensionsInitialized()
             FolderNode *const pn = file->parentFolderNode();
             QTC_ASSERT(pn, continue);
             const Utils::FileName path = file->filePath();
-            auto topLevel = std::make_unique<ResourceTopLevelNode>(path, QString(), pn);
+            auto topLevel = std::make_unique<ResourceTopLevelNode>(path, pn->filePath());
             topLevel->setIsGenerated(file->isGenerated());
             pn->replaceSubtree(file, std::move(topLevel));
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
index 8431fa16fe2..cc9888ca6ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public:
         FolderNode *parent = m_node->parentFolderNode();
         QTC_ASSERT(parent, return false);
         parent->replaceSubtree(m_node, std::make_unique<ResourceTopLevelNode>(
-                                   m_node->filePath(), m_node->contents(), parent));
+                                   m_node->filePath(), parent->filePath(), m_node->contents()));
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ bool SimpleResourceFolderNode::renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString
 } // Internal
 
 ResourceTopLevelNode::ResourceTopLevelNode(const FileName &filePath,
-                                           const QString &contents, FolderNode *parent)
+                                           const FileName &base,
+                                           const QString &contents)
     : FolderNode(filePath)
 {
     setIcon(FileIconProvider::icon(filePath.toString()));
@@ -283,7 +284,6 @@ ResourceTopLevelNode::ResourceTopLevelNode(const FileName &filePath,
         m_contents = contents;
     }
 
-    FileName base = parent->filePath();
     if (filePath.isChildOf(base))
         setDisplayName(filePath.relativeChildPath(base).toUserOutput());
     else
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
index 9d38e3c6222..f732c6ae522 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class RESOURCE_EXPORT ResourceTopLevelNode : public ProjectExplorer::FolderNode
 {
 public:
     ResourceTopLevelNode(const Utils::FileName &filePath,
-                         const QString &contents, FolderNode *parent);
+                         const Utils::FileName &basePath,
+                         const QString &contents = {});
     ~ResourceTopLevelNode() override;
 
     void addInternalNodes();