diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
index 067af444b4d..6ab22a9b19f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void QmlProfilerModelManager::save(const QString &filename)
         return;
     }
 
-    d->notesModel->saveData();
+    d->notesModel->saveData(d->traceTime->startTime(), d->traceTime->endTime());
 
     QmlProfilerFileWriter *writer = new QmlProfilerFileWriter(this);
     writer->setTraceTime(traceTime()->startTime(), traceTime()->endTime(),
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ void QmlProfilerModelManager::clear()
 
 void QmlProfilerModelManager::restrictToRange(qint64 startTime, qint64 endTime)
 {
-    d->notesModel->saveData();
+    d->notesModel->saveData(d->traceTime->startTime(), d->traceTime->endTime());
     setState(ClearingData);
     setVisibleFeatures(0);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilernotesmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilernotesmodel.cpp
index e67f6bd3724..6711229e490 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilernotesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilernotesmodel.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "qmlprofilernotesmodel.h"
 #include "qmlprofilerdatamodel.h"
 
+#include <utils/algorithm.h>
+
 namespace QmlProfiler {
 
 QmlProfilerNotesModel::QmlProfilerNotesModel(QObject *parent) : TimelineNotesModel(parent)
@@ -74,9 +76,13 @@ void QmlProfilerNotesModel::loadData()
     emit changed(-1, -1, -1);
 }
 
-void QmlProfilerNotesModel::saveData()
+void QmlProfilerNotesModel::saveData(qint64 startTime, qint64 endTime)
 {
-    m_notes.clear();
+    // Keep notes that are outside the given range, overwrite the ones inside the range.
+    m_notes = Utils::filtered(m_notes, [startTime, endTime](const QmlNote &note) {
+        return note.startTime() > endTime || note.startTime() + note.duration() < startTime;
+    });
+
     for (int i = 0; i < count(); ++i) {
         const Timeline::TimelineModel *model = timelineModelByModelId(timelineModel(i));
         if (!model)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilernotesmodel.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilernotesmodel.h
index dc3493ce17d..e6cb2287440 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilernotesmodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilernotesmodel.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
     QmlProfilerNotesModel(QObject *parent);
 
     void loadData();
-    void saveData();
+    void saveData(qint64 startTime, qint64 endTime);
 
     const QVector<QmlNote> &notes() const;
     void setNotes(const QVector<QmlNote> &notes);