diff --git a/share/qtcreator/dumper/dumper.py b/share/qtcreator/dumper/dumper.py
index d762c328471..46d336097c2 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/dumper/dumper.py
+++ b/share/qtcreator/dumper/dumper.py
@@ -340,17 +340,21 @@ class Children:
         self.addrBase = addrBase
         self.addrStep = addrStep
         self.printsAddress = True
-        if not childType is None:
+        if childType is None:
+            self.childType = None
+        else:
             self.childType = stripClassTag(str(childType))
             self.d.put('childtype="%s",' % self.childType)
-            if isSimpleType(childType):
-                self.d.put('childnumchild="0",')
-                self.childNumChild = 0
-            elif childType.code == PointerCode:
-                self.d.put('childnumchild="1",')
-                self.childNumChild = 1
-        else:
-            self.childType = None
+            if childNumChild is None:
+                if isSimpleType(childType):
+                    self.d.put('childnumchild="0",')
+                    self.childNumChild = 0
+                elif childType.code == PointerCode:
+                    self.d.put('childnumchild="1",')
+                    self.childNumChild = 1
+            else:
+                self.d.put('childnumchild="%s",' % childNumChild)
+                self.childNumChild = childNumChild
         try:
             if not addrBase is None and not addrStep is None:
                 self.d.put('addrbase="0x%x",' % long(addrBase))
diff --git a/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.cpp b/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.cpp
index f32a0d5dc67..3818315b9f6 100644
--- a/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.cpp
+++ b/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.cpp
@@ -2671,12 +2671,27 @@ namespace basic {
         dummyStatement(&a, &b, &c, &d);
     }
 
-    void testLongEvaluation()
+    void testLongEvaluation1()
     {
         QDateTime time = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
-        QVector<QDateTime> bigv;
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; ++i)
-            bigv.append(time);
+        const int N = 10000;
+        QDateTime bigv[N];
+        for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
+            bigv[i] = time;
+            time.addDays(1);
+        }
+        // <== Break here.
+        // Expand bigv.
+        // This is expected to take up to a minute.
+        dummyStatement(&bigv);
+    }
+
+    void testLongEvaluation2()
+    {
+        const int N = 10000;
+        int bigv[N];
+        for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
+            bigv[i] = i;
         // <== Break here.
         // Expand bigv.
         // This is expected to take up to a minute.
@@ -2725,7 +2740,8 @@ namespace basic {
         testStringWithNewline();
         testMemoryView();
         testColoredMemoryView();
-        testLongEvaluation();
+        testLongEvaluation1();
+        testLongEvaluation2();
         testFork();
         testFunctionPointer();
     }