diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
index 745fa80ec9e..1c1a51e452f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
     QmlModelStateGroup states() const;
     QList<QmlItemNode> children() const;
     QList<QmlObjectNode> resources() const;
-    QList<QmlObjectNode> defaultPropertyChildren() const;
+    QList<QmlItemNode> defaultPropertyChildren() const;
     QList<QmlObjectNode> allDirectSubNodes() const;
     QmlAnchors anchors() const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index 4a2bd05b3ea..ed5eb405f09 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ QList<QmlObjectNode> QmlItemNode::resources() const
     return toQmlObjectNodeList(resourcesList);
 }
 
-QList<QmlObjectNode> QmlItemNode::defaultPropertyChildren() const
+QList<QmlItemNode> QmlItemNode::defaultPropertyChildren() const
 {
     QList<ModelNode> defaultPropertyChildrenList;
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ QList<QmlObjectNode> QmlItemNode::defaultPropertyChildren() const
             defaultPropertyChildrenList.append(modelNode().nodeListProperty(defaultPropertyName()).toModelNodeList());
     }
 
-    return toQmlObjectNodeList(defaultPropertyChildrenList);
+    return toQmlItemNodeList(defaultPropertyChildrenList);
 }
 
 QList<QmlObjectNode> QmlItemNode::allDirectSubNodes() const