diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
index e3dbe17ccea..72e64c7c2c9 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ InformationChangedCommand NodeInstanceServer::createAllInformationChangedCommand
 
 static bool supportedVariantType(QVariant::Type type)
 {
-    return type < QVariant::UserType && type != QVariant::Icon;
+    return type < int(QVariant::UserType) && type != QMetaType::QObjectStar && type != QVariant::Icon;
 }
 
 ValuesChangedCommand NodeInstanceServer::createValuesChangedCommand(const QList<ServerNodeInstance> &instanceList) const