diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
index d6f417407c1..f8044fd6da1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ QmlObjectNode QmlVisualNode::createQmlObjectNode(AbstractView *view,
         if (!newQmlObjectNode.isValid())
             return;
 
-        newQmlObjectNode.setId(view->model()->generateNewId(itemLibraryEntry.name()));
+        newQmlObjectNode.modelNode().setIdWithoutRefactoring(view->model()->generateNewId(itemLibraryEntry.name()));
 
         for (const auto &propertyBindingEntry : propertyBindingList)
             newQmlObjectNode.modelNode().bindingProperty(propertyBindingEntry.first).setExpression(propertyBindingEntry.second);