diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
index 565f22813f6..d006c196d27 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static inline void reparentTo(const ModelNode &node, const QmlItemNode &parent)
         NodeAbstractProperty parentProperty;
 
         if (parent.hasDefaultPropertyName())
-            parentProperty = parent.nodeAbstractProperty(parent.defaultPropertyName());
+            parentProperty = parent.defaultNodeAbstractProperty();
         else
             parentProperty = parent.nodeAbstractProperty("data");
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
index 5ed78b6edd8..4ac274afc74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ void MoveManipulator::reparentTo(FormEditorItem *newParent)
     QmlItemNode parentItemNode(newParent->qmlItemNode());
     if (parentItemNode.isValid()) {
         if (parentItemNode.hasDefaultPropertyName())
-            parentProperty = parentItemNode.nodeAbstractProperty(parentItemNode.defaultPropertyName());
+            parentProperty = parentItemNode.defaultNodeAbstractProperty();
         else
             parentProperty = parentItemNode.nodeAbstractProperty("data");
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
index 8680c9c77e2..1746e956c70 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ PropertyName QmlObjectNode::defaultPropertyName() const
 void QmlObjectNode::setParent(QmlObjectNode newParent)
 {
     if (newParent.hasDefaultPropertyName())
-        newParent.modelNode().nodeAbstractProperty(newParent.defaultPropertyName()).reparentHere(modelNode());
+        newParent.modelNode().defaultNodeAbstractProperty().reparentHere(modelNode());
 }
 
 QmlItemNode QmlObjectNode::toQmlItemNode() const