diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
index 91b2c657cd8..2adba6ea7e0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ void NavigatorTreeModel::handleItemLibraryItemDrop(const QMimeData *mimeData, in
 
     if (foundTarget) {
         ItemLibraryEntry itemLibraryEntry = itemLibraryEntryFromData(mimeData->data("application/vnd.bauhaus.itemlibraryinfo"));
-        QmlItemNode newQmlItemNode = QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNode(m_view, itemLibraryEntry, QPointF(0., 0.), targetProperty);
+        QmlItemNode newQmlItemNode = QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNode(m_view, itemLibraryEntry, QPointF(), targetProperty);
 
         if (newQmlItemNode.isValid() && targetProperty.isNodeListProperty()) {
             QList<ModelNode> newModelNodeList;
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ void NavigatorTreeModel::handleItemLibraryImageDrop(const QMimeData *mimeData, i
 
     if (foundTarget) {
         QString imageFileName = QString::fromUtf8(mimeData->data("application/vnd.bauhaus.libraryresource"));
-        QmlItemNode newQmlItemNode = QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage(m_view, imageFileName, QPointF(0., 0.), targetProperty);
+        QmlItemNode newQmlItemNode = QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage(m_view, imageFileName, QPointF(), targetProperty);
 
         if (newQmlItemNode.isValid()) {
             QList<ModelNode> newModelNodeList;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index 4242214f1f4..770f86b2a6f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNode(AbstractView *view, const ItemLibrary
         QList<PropertyBindingEntry> propertyBindingList;
         if (itemLibraryEntry.qmlSource().isEmpty()) {
             QList<QPair<PropertyName, QVariant> > propertyPairList;
-            propertyPairList.append(qMakePair(PropertyName("x"), QVariant(qRound(position.x()))));
-            propertyPairList.append(qMakePair(PropertyName("y"), QVariant(qRound(position.y()))));
+            if (!position.isNull()) {
+                propertyPairList.append(qMakePair(PropertyName("x"), QVariant(qRound(position.x()))));
+                propertyPairList.append(qMakePair(PropertyName("y"), QVariant(qRound(position.y()))));
+            }
 
             foreach (const PropertyContainer &property, itemLibraryEntry.properties()) {
                 if (property.type() == QStringLiteral("binding")) {