diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/rotationindicator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/rotationindicator.cpp
index a47aa0ec907..0a0f223bf42 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/rotationindicator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/rotationindicator.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ static bool itemIsRotatable(const QmlItemNode &qmlItemNode)
             && qmlItemNode.instanceIsResizable()
             && qmlItemNode.modelIsMovable()
             && qmlItemNode.modelIsRotatable()
-            && !qmlItemNode.instanceIsInLayoutable();
+            && !qmlItemNode.instanceIsInLayoutable()
+            && !qmlItemNode.isFlowItem();
 }
 
 void RotationIndicator::setItems(const QList<FormEditorItem*> &itemList)