diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
index b264cd2f6c2..59bf6d1dd7b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
@@ -297,22 +297,22 @@ void QbsProject::handleQbsParsingDone(bool success)
     delete m_qbsUpdateFutureInterface;
     m_qbsUpdateFutureInterface = 0;
 
-    if (!project.isValid())
-        return;
+    if (project.isValid()) {
+        // Do not throw away data when parsing errors were introduced. That frightens users:-)
+        m_rootProjectNode->update(project);
 
-    m_rootProjectNode->update(project);
+        updateDocuments(project.isValid() ? project.buildSystemFiles() : QSet<QString>() << m_fileName);
 
-    updateDocuments(project.isValid() ? project.buildSystemFiles() : QSet<QString>() << m_fileName);
+        updateCppCodeModel(m_rootProjectNode->qbsProjectData());
+        updateQmlJsCodeModel(m_rootProjectNode->qbsProjectData());
+        updateApplicationTargets(m_rootProjectNode->qbsProjectData());
+        updateDeploymentInfo(m_rootProjectNode->qbsProject());
 
-    updateCppCodeModel(m_rootProjectNode->qbsProjectData());
-    updateQmlJsCodeModel(m_rootProjectNode->qbsProjectData());
-    updateApplicationTargets(m_rootProjectNode->qbsProjectData());
-    updateDeploymentInfo(m_rootProjectNode->qbsProject());
+        foreach (Target *t, targets())
+            t->updateDefaultRunConfigurations();
 
-    foreach (Target *t, targets())
-        t->updateDefaultRunConfigurations();
-
-    emit fileListChanged();
+        emit fileListChanged();
+    }
     emit projectParsingDone(success);
 }