diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
index 97020ed4cdd..0e7174b9e5a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void PropertyEditorView::changeValue(const QString &name)
     if (m_locked)
         return;
 
-    if (propertyName == "type")
+    if (propertyName == "className")
         return;
 
     if (!m_selectedNode.isValid())