diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/basicproposalitem.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/basicproposalitem.cpp
index 6b815fe5fe2..85010d10695 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/basicproposalitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/basicproposalitem.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void BasicProposalItem::applyContextualContent(BaseTextEditor *editor, int baseP
 
 void BasicProposalItem::applySnippet(BaseTextEditor *editor, int basePosition) const
 {
-    BaseTextEditorWidget *editorWidget = static_cast<BaseTextEditorWidget *>(editor->widget());
+    BaseTextEditorWidget *editorWidget = editor->editorWidget();
     QTextCursor tc = editorWidget->textCursor();
     tc.setPosition(basePosition, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
     editorWidget->insertCodeSnippet(tc, data().toString());