diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditorproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditorproxy.cpp
index 185a4060059..1d269c71e1a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditorproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditorproxy.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ RichTextEditorProxy::RichTextEditorProxy(QObject *parent)
 
     m_dialog->setLayout(layout);
 
-    connect(m_dialog, &QDialog::accepted, [this] { emit accepted(); });
-    connect(m_dialog, &QDialog::rejected, [this] { emit rejected(); });
+    connect(m_dialog, &QDialog::accepted, this, &RichTextEditorProxy::accepted);
+    connect(m_dialog, &QDialog::rejected, this, &RichTextEditorProxy::rejected);
 }
 
 RichTextEditorProxy::~RichTextEditorProxy()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditorproxy.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditorproxy.h
index 02985364591..0e58ea3f1e6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditorproxy.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditorproxy.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QPointer>
 #include <QQuickItem>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ signals:
     void rejected();
 
 private:
-    QDialog *m_dialog;
+    QPointer<QDialog> m_dialog;
     RichTextEditor *m_widget;
 };