diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel.h
index 24be2fc614a..415eb544291 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public:
     virtual QVariantList labels() const = 0;
     virtual QVariantMap details(int index) const = 0;
     virtual int row(int index) const = 0;
-    virtual void loadData() = 0;
     virtual quint64 features() const = 0;
 
     // Methods which can optionally be implemented by child models.
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ public:
     virtual float relativeHeight(int index) const;
     virtual int rowMinValue(int rowNumber) const;
     virtual int rowMaxValue(int rowNumber) const;
-    virtual void clear();
 
 signals:
     void expandedChanged();
@@ -122,6 +120,9 @@ protected:
                                    QObject *parent);
     AbstractTimelineModelPrivate *d_ptr;
 
+    virtual void loadData() = 0;
+    virtual void clear();
+
 protected slots:
     void dataChanged();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerpainteventsmodelproxy.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerpainteventsmodelproxy.h
index 2493efd81b2..63613d319ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerpainteventsmodelproxy.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerpainteventsmodelproxy.h
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ public:
 
     PaintEventsModelProxy(QObject *parent = 0);
 
-    void loadData();
-    void clear();
-
     int rowMaxValue(int rowNumber) const;
 
     int eventId(int index) const;
@@ -76,9 +73,12 @@ public:
     QVariantMap details(int index) const;
     quint64 features() const;
 
-private slots:
     bool accepted(const QmlProfilerDataModel::QmlEventTypeData &event) const;
 
+protected:
+    void loadData();
+    void clear();
+
 private:
     class PaintEventsModelProxyPrivate;
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(PaintEventsModelProxy)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertimelinemodelproxy.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertimelinemodelproxy.h
index 22ad43c9451..53fd5feac07 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertimelinemodelproxy.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertimelinemodelproxy.h
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ public:
 
     RangeTimelineModel(QmlDebug::RangeType rangeType, QObject *parent = 0);
 
-    void loadData();
-    void clear();
-
     static QString categoryLabel(QmlDebug::RangeType categoryIndex);
     quint64 features() const;
 
@@ -83,6 +80,10 @@ public:
     int eventIdForTypeIndex(int typeIndex) const;
     int eventIdForLocation(const QString &filename, int line, int column) const;
 
+protected:
+    void loadData();
+    void clear();
+
 private:
     class RangeTimelineModelPrivate;
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(RangeTimelineModel)
diff --git a/tests/auto/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel/tst_abstracttimelinemodel.cpp b/tests/auto/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel/tst_abstracttimelinemodel.cpp
index 0839a9a67ce..33709e9549e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel/tst_abstracttimelinemodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel/tst_abstracttimelinemodel.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public:
     QVariantMap details(int) const { return QVariantMap(); }
     int row(int) const { return 1; }
     void loadData();
+    void clear() { AbstractTimelineModel::clear(); }
 
 
     // Make some protected methods public