diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
index b4e5ffa72ad..4d4f79c2504 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ AbstractProperty BindingProperty::resolveToProperty() const
     QStringView lastElement{lastElementBegin, binding.end()};
     if (binding.begin() != lastElementBegin) {
         QStringView nodeBinding{binding.begin(), std::prev(lastElementBegin)};
-        node = resolveBinding(nodeBinding, parentModelNode());
+        node = resolveBinding(nodeBinding, node);
     }
 
     if (node.isValid() && !lastElement.contains(' '))