diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
index 71451396be2..0edb5487709 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
@@ -595,6 +595,8 @@ public:
     {
         menu()->clear();
 
+        menu()->setEnabled(true);
+
         const auto selection = selectionContext();
         if (!selection.isValid())
             return;
@@ -604,11 +606,19 @@ public:
             return;
 
         ModelNode currentNode = selection.currentSingleSelectedNode();
+
+        if (!currentNode.isValid())
+            return;
+
         QmlObjectNode currentObjectNode(currentNode);
 
         QStringList signalsList = getSignalsList(currentNode);
         QList<SlotEntry> slotsList = getSlotsLists(currentNode);
-        currentNode.validId();
+
+        if (!currentNode.hasId()) {
+            menu()->setEnabled(false);
+            return;
+        }
 
         for (const ModelNode &connectionNode : currentObjectNode.getAllConnections()) {
             for (const AbstractProperty &property : connectionNode.properties()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
index 331922ca222..0d5a10fb105 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
@@ -1638,6 +1638,7 @@ void addMouseAreaFill(const SelectionContext &selectionContext)
 
             QmlDesigner::ModelNode mouseAreaNode =
                 selectionContext.view()->createModelNode("QtQuick.MouseArea", itemMetaInfo.majorVersion(), itemMetaInfo.minorVersion());
+            mouseAreaNode.validId();
 
             modelNode.defaultNodeListProperty().reparentHere(mouseAreaNode);
             QmlItemNode mouseAreaItemNode(mouseAreaNode);