diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
index fe4d43ad23b..a6ce53f4505 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
@@ -1596,11 +1596,8 @@ QmakeProFileNode::QmakeProFileNode(QmakeProject *project,
 QmakeProFileNode::~QmakeProFileNode()
 {
     m_parseFutureWatcher.waitForFinished();
-    if (m_readerExact) {
-        // Oh we need to clean up
-        applyEvaluate(EvalAbort, true);
-        m_project->decrementPendingEvaluateFutures();
-    }
+    if (m_readerExact)
+        applyAsyncEvaluate();
 }
 
 bool QmakeProFileNode::isParent(QmakeProFileNode *node)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
index 141060afad8..0263e15994b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ QmakeProject::QmakeProject(QmakeManager *manager, const QString &fileName) :
     m_projectFiles(new QmakeProjectFiles),
     m_qmakeVfs(new QMakeVfs),
     m_qmakeGlobals(0),
+    m_qmakeGlobalsRefCnt(0),
     m_asyncUpdateFutureInterface(0),
     m_pendingEvaluateFuturesCount(0),
     m_asyncUpdateState(NoState),
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ QmakeProject::~QmakeProject()
     QmakeProFileNode *root = m_rootProjectNode;
     m_rootProjectNode = 0;
     delete root;
+    Q_ASSERT(m_qmakeGlobalsRefCnt == 0);
 }
 
 void QmakeProject::updateFileList()