diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
index 5e023f320b7..3ed7fbf83d9 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ QObject *ObjectNodeInstance::createPrimitive(const QString &typeName, int majorN
 
     tweakObjects(object);
 
-    if (object)
+    if (object && QQmlEngine::contextForObject(object) == 0)
         QQmlEngine::setContextForObject(object, context);
 
     QQmlEngine::setObjectOwnership(object, QQmlEngine::CppOwnership);