diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
index 77a3ff28778..0f089750314 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ void NodeInstanceView::nodeCreated(const ModelNode &createdNode)
     if (isSkippedNode(createdNode))
         return;
 
+    QList<VariantProperty> propertyList;
+    propertyList.append(createdNode.variantProperty("x"));
+    propertyList.append(createdNode.variantProperty("y"));
+    updatePosition(propertyList);
+
     nodeInstanceServer()->createInstances(createCreateInstancesCommand(QList<NodeInstance>() << instance));
     nodeInstanceServer()->changePropertyValues(createChangeValueCommand(createdNode.variantProperties()));
     nodeInstanceServer()->completeComponent(createComponentCompleteCommand(QList<NodeInstance>() << instance));