diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
index 6767bc11d56..00f3926a5b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ public:
                 qDebug() << metaInfo.isValid() << metaInfo.typeName();
                 qDebug() << metaInfo.directSuperClass().typeName();
 
-                if (!typeName.startsWith("...") && m_model == m_model->metaInfoProxyModel())
+                if (!typeName.startsWith("...") && m_model == m_model->metaInfoProxyModel()
+                    && metaInfo.isValid())
                     throw RewritingException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__, "test", "test");
             }