diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
index 737cabc1fce..f1a3a857b46 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ void DesignDocument::cutSelected()
 
 static void scatterItem(const ModelNode &pastedNode, const ModelNode &targetNode, int offset = -2000)
 {
+    if (targetNode.metaInfo().isValid() && targetNode.metaInfo().isLayoutable())
+        return;
 
     bool scatter = false;
     foreach (const ModelNode &childNode, targetNode.directSubModelNodes()) {