diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
index 19a3b1c647b..e2ef632928d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void FormEditorView::setupFormEditorItemTree(const QmlItemNode &qmlItemNode)
                 setupFormEditorItemTree(nextNode.toQmlItemNode());
             }
     } else if (qmlItemNode.isFlowView() && qmlItemNode.isRootNode()) {
-        m_scene->addFormEditorItem(qmlItemNode, FormEditorScene::Flow);
+        FormEditorItem *rootItem = m_scene->addFormEditorItem(qmlItemNode, FormEditorScene::Flow);
 
         ModelNode node = qmlItemNode.modelNode();
         if (!node.hasAuxiliaryData("width") && !node.hasAuxiliaryData("height")) {
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ void FormEditorView::setupFormEditorItemTree(const QmlItemNode &qmlItemNode)
             node.setAuxiliaryData("height", 10000);
         }
 
+        m_scene->synchronizeTransformation(rootItem);
+        formEditorWidget()->setRootItemRect(qmlItemNode.instanceBoundingRect());
+
         for (const QmlObjectNode &nextNode : qmlItemNode.allDirectSubNodes()) {
             if (QmlItemNode::isValidQmlItemNode(nextNode) && nextNode.toQmlItemNode().isFlowItem()) {
                 setupFormEditorItemTree(nextNode.toQmlItemNode());