diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/modulescanner.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/modulescanner.cpp
index 12cded6650d..c9c7fd8d61e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/modulescanner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/modulescanner.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ void ModuleScanner::scan(const QStringList &modulePaths)
 void ModuleScanner::scan([[maybe_unused]] std::string_view modulePath)
 {
 #ifdef QDS_HAS_QMLPRIVATE
+    if (modulePath.empty())
+        return;
+
     QDirIterator dirIterator{QString::fromUtf8(modulePath),
                              QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot,
                              QDirIterator::Subdirectories};
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/modulescanner-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/modulescanner-test.cpp
index f3bbbf23e9e..b4632e0cb41 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/modulescanner-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/modulescanner-test.cpp
@@ -65,13 +65,27 @@ protected:
                                        externalDependenciesMock};
 };
 
-TEST_F(ModuleScanner, ReturnEmptyOptionalForWrongPath)
+TEST_F(ModuleScanner, ReturnEmptyOptionalForEmptyPath)
 {
     scanner.scan(QStringList{""});
 
     ASSERT_THAT(scanner.modules(), IsEmpty());
 }
 
+TEST_F(ModuleScanner, ReturnEmptyOptionalForNullStringPath)
+{
+    scanner.scan(QStringList{QString{}});
+
+    ASSERT_THAT(scanner.modules(), IsEmpty());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ModuleScanner, ReturnEmptyOptionalForEmptyPaths)
+{
+    scanner.scan(QStringList{});
+
+    ASSERT_THAT(scanner.modules(), IsEmpty());
+}
+
 TEST_F(ModuleScanner, GetQtQuick)
 {
     scanner.scan(QStringList{qmlModulesPath});