diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
index 4eb9aed1f4b..9c1eba2362f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void NodeInstance::setUpdateTransform(bool updateTransform)
 bool NodeInstance::updateTransform() const
 {
     if (d)
-        d->updateTransform || d->transform.isRotating() || d->transform.isScaling();
+        return d->updateTransform || d->transform.isRotating() || d->transform.isScaling();
     else
         return true;
 }