diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
index 982a4a4ab96..56c39c06973 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ QmlProfilerClientManager::QmlProfilerClientManager(QObject *parent) : QObject(pa
     setObjectName(QLatin1String("QML Profiler Connections"));
 }
 
+QmlProfilerClientManager::~QmlProfilerClientManager()
+{
+    // Don't receive any signals from the dtors of child objects while our own dtor is running.
+    // That can lead to invalid reads.
+    if (m_connection)
+        m_connection->disconnect();
+    if (m_qmlclientplugin)
+        m_qmlclientplugin->disconnect();
+}
+
 void QmlProfilerClientManager::setModelManager(QmlProfilerModelManager *m)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(m_connection.isNull() && m_qmlclientplugin.isNull(), disconnectClient());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
index 68508c0254d..8357acd8c7c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class QmlProfilerClientManager : public QObject
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     explicit QmlProfilerClientManager(QObject *parent = 0);
+    ~QmlProfilerClientManager();
 
     void setProfilerStateManager(QmlProfilerStateManager *profilerState);
     void setTcpConnection(QString host, Utils::Port port);